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| History | |
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  United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mobile (1892-1898) |
| Operator | Atlantic Transport Line |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 17 November 1892 |
| Homeport | London, England |
| Identification | Official number 101966 |
| Fate | Sold for $660,000 |
  United States | |
| Name |
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| Operator | Army Transport Service |
| Homeport | San Francisco, California |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for $20,250 |
 United States | |
| Name | Calawaii (1922-1933) |
| Operator | Los Angeles Steamship Company |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold and scrapped in 1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Displacement | 7,271 tons |
| Length | 445.5 ft (135.8 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 3 in (15.01 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Depth of hold | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
| Decks | 5 |
| Installed power | 1,200 horsepower |
| Propulsion | 2 x triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 13.5 knots |
The steamship Mobile was steel-hulled freighter built for the Atlantic Transport Line in 1891. She carried live cattle and frozen beef from the United States to England until the advent of the Spanish-American War. In 1898 she was purchased by the United States Army for use as an ocean-going troopship. During the Spanish-American War she carried troops and supplies between the U.S. mainland, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
Construction and characteristics
[edit]Yeoman was built by Campbell, Macintosh, and Bowstead at the Scotswood Shipyard in Newcastle, England. She was launched on 25 March 1882.[1]
Mobile's hull was built of steel plates. She was 445.5 feet (135.8 m) long, with a beam of 49.2 feet (15.0 m) and a depth of hold of 30 feet (9.1 m). Her gross register tonnage was 5,283, and her net register tonnage was 3,725.[2] She displaced 7,271 tons.[3]
She was driven by two manganese-bronze propellers.[4] These were turned by two triple-expansion steam engines which were also built by Harland and Wolff. They had high, medium, and low-pressure cylinders with diameters of 22.5 inches, 36.5 inches, and 60 inches, respectively, with a stroke of 48 inches. Each of the engines was rated at 600 horsepower.[2] Steam was provided by two coal-fired boilers. At full speed she would burn 60 tons of coal per day.[5]
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Mobile was launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard on Queen's Island on 17 November 1892.[4] She then had her engines and boilers installed. The ship was completed on 27 July 1893.[3]
Spanish-American War (1898–1898)
[edit]On 8 May 1898 Rita was sailing from Liverpool to Puerto Rico with a cargo of coal. She was captured by USS Yale off Culebra Island. A nine-man prize crew, under the command of Yale's first officer W. B. Porter, took her in to Charleston, South Carolina.[6][7] She was purchased by the US Army Quartermaster's Department from the U.S. Prize Court on 9 July 1898 for $125,000 and assigned to the Army Transport Service. The Army reckoned her capacity at 15 officers and 700 men[8][9]
On 10 July 1898 Rita sailed for Cuba with reinforcements for the American campaign. She had aboard the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 6th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, less Companies D and M which would not fit aboard.[10] She sailed from Tampa to Puerto Rico on 14 August 1898 laden with food, medical supplies, and other equipment for the Army.[11]
US Army Service (1899–1923)
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Launch Of A Steamer". Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. 25 March 1882. p. 8.
- ^ a b Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. Vol. 1 - Steamers. London: Lloyd's Register. 1893.
- ^ a b Clay, Steven E. U.S. Army Order Of Battle 1919-1941 (PDF). Vol. 4. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 2179.
- ^ a b "Launches In Belfast". Belfast News-Letter. 18 November 1892. p. 7.
- ^ "Expedited Ship Buying". The Sun. 25 June 1898. p. 2.
- ^ "General War News". Buffalo Courier Express. 14 May 1898. p. 2.
- ^ "Prisoners Of War Here". Times Union. 3 June 1898. p. 8.
- ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order Of Battle, 1919-1941 (PDF). Vol. 4. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 2144.
- ^ United States Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1900. p. 136.
- ^ "More Troops Sail Away". Sun. 11 July 1898. p. 1.
- ^ "Business Rush To Havana". Sun. 15 August 1898. p. 3.