Name: | CLEARWATER |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/01/1894 |
Completed: | 02/1894 |
Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 299 |
Dimensions: | 1147grt, 690nrt, 1020dwt, 240.0 x 33.1 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37 & 61 x 39ins), 270nhp |
Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.4knots (trials) |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101868 |
History: | |
02/1894 | New Orleans, Belize Royal Mail & Central America SS Co, Belize |
1894 | Clearwater Steamship Co Ltd, Belize |
1899 | United States War Department; renamed INGALLS |
23/12/1910 | US Navy; renamed YOSEMITE |
10/06/1912 | Boston Iron & Metal Works |
1912 | British Sun Co Ltd (W Smellie, manager), Liverpool |
1913 | Marittima Italiania Soc di Nav, Genoa; renamed ASMARA |
1923 | Soc di Nav Italia, Genoa |
1926 | Soc Italiana di Nav Florio, Genoa |
1930 | Broken up |
Comments: | Accommodation for 22 x 1st Class passengers |
Contract price £25046, Profit £811-6-11d. | |
For service between New Orleans and Central America | |
1899: Purchased for $150,000 | |
1899: Used by the US Army as a transport | |
11/11/1911: Placed in commission reserve at Norfolk Navy Yard | |
Used as a tender to Submarine Division 3, Atlantic Torpedo Fleet | |
23/01/1912: Decommissioned | |
01/03/1912: Deleted from the Navy List | |
10/06/1912: Sold for $11,655 for breaking up | |
1Q/1930: Broken up in Italy |
Above photo as CLEARWATER is courtesy of Arthur Owen
Above photo as INGALLS is copyright of US Naval History & Heritage Command