USS Quincy (AK-10)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Quincy.
USS Quincy (AK-10) was a cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War I.
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History | |
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German Empire | |
Name | Vogesen |
Owner | H. Vogemann, Hamburg, Germany |
Builder | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, England |
Launched | 31 August 1909 |
Fate | Seized in 1917 by US Customs at Pensacola, Florida |
USS Quincy (AK-10) moored at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 11 March 1921. | |
United States | |
Name | Quincy |
Namesake | Quincy, Massachusetts |
Acquired | 8 May 1917 |
Commissioned | 2 February 1918, as USS Quincy |
Decommissioned | 5 June 1922 |
Reclassified | 17 July 1920, USS Quincy (AK-10) |
Stricken | Date unknown |
Identification | Hull symbol:AK-10 |
Fate | Sold, 25 September 1922, to the Navigation Steamship Co. |
General characteristics [1] | |
Displacement | 6,500 long tons (6,600 t) |
Length | 367 ft (112 m) |
Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m) |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
Armament | 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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