USS Supply (formerly SS Illinois) in dock, probably taken just after the ship's recommission in August 1902.
| |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | USS Supply |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $520,000 |
Yard number | 183 |
Launched | 15 August 1872 |
Maiden voyage | 23 January 1874 |
Refit | 1891 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1928 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Auxiliary ship |
Tonnage | 3,104 GRT |
Displacement | 4,325 |
Length | 355 ft 8 in (108.4 m) |
Beam | 43 ft 4 in (13.2 m) |
Draft | 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m) |
Depth of hold | 32 ft 2 in (9.8 m) |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine, single screw, auxiliary sails |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
Complement | 128 |
Armament |
|
USS Supply, ex-Illinois, was a schooner-rigged iron steamer built in 1873 by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia. Illinois was purchased by the Navy Department from the International Navigation Company on 30 April 1898 for $325,000.00 and commissioned as Supply, Lt. Comdr. R. R. Ingersoll in command.