USS Culgoa
Culgoa in Honolulu, 26 August 1920 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Namesake | 1889: Culgoa, Victoria |
| Owner |
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| Operator | 1890: Blue Anchor Line |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | JL Thompson & Sons, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 257 |
| Launched | 25 October 1889 |
| Completed | 4 January 1890 |
| Acquired | for US Navy, 4 June 1898 |
| Commissioned | 3 December 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 16 October 1901 |
| Recommissioned | 1 October 1902 |
| Decommissioned | 11 August 1905 |
| Recommissioned | 12 September 1907 |
| Decommissioned | 31 December 1921 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | cargo liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 6,000 long tons (6,096 t) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 43.0 ft (13.1 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m) |
| Depth | 24.3 ft (7.4 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 1 × triple-expansion engine; 419 NHP |
| Propulsion | 1 × screw |
| Sail plan | schooner |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Complement | in US Navy: 122 officers & enlisted |
| Armament | in US Navy: 2 × 6-pounder guns |
| Notes | sister ship: Bungaree |
USS Culgoa (AF-3) was a steam cargo liner. She was launched in England in 1889 for Blue Anchor Line, who ran her between England and Australia. In 1898 she was bought for the United States Navy as a stores ship. She served in the Philippine–American War; the Great White Fleet; and the First World War. In January 1909 she took part in the relief operation after the 1908 Messina earthquake. To date, she is the only US Navy ship to have been named Culgoa. In 1922 the United States Department of the Navy sold her to a civilian owner, who renamed her Champlain. She was scrapped in the United States in 1924.