Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-5-39 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of U.S. Navy gunboat and training vessel PADUCAH, bark-rigged with auxiliary steam power. Starboard bow view of vessel underway on open water. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
Circa 1922-1937 |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: PADUCAH Official number: U.S. NAVY Other names: PADUCAH (AG-7) (1919-1922) PADUCAH (IX-23) (1922-1940) PADUCAH (PG-18) (1940-1946) Build date: 1904 Builder: Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co. Place of build: Morris Heights, NY Dimensions: 200.42 x 35.00 x 13.33 Gross Tonnage: Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: U.S. Navy (1905-1946) Maria Angelo (1946) Other history: Commissioned on 9/2/1905. Assigned to Caribbean Squadron. Patrolled in Caribbean, Central, and South American waters. Patrolled in Mexican waters after Vera Cruz incident in summer, 1914, then back to Caribbean. Arrived in Gibraltar, 10/27/1917 and served as convoy escort to North America, Italy, Azores, and Madeira. Given credit for damaging an enemy submarine in attack on 9/9/1918. Decommissioned on 3/2/1919. Recommissioned between 8/16/1920 - 9/9/1921, to do survey work in Caribbean. Recommissioned on 5/2/1922, assigned to 9th Naval District for Naval Reserve Training in Duluth, MN. Returned to East Coast early in 1941; used to train Armed Guards on Chesapeake Bay during World War II. Decommissioned on 9/7/1945. Transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission on 12/19/1946, and sold the same day. Disposition: Sold on 12/19/1946, by U.S. Maritime Commission; ultimate disposition unknown. May have been converted to a small passenger vessel, GEULA, operating in eastern Mediterranean-Israel, in late 1940's. |
Other number |
Volume C |
Size of original |
6.5" x 8.5" |
Search Terms |
PADUCAH Steamer bark Navy, U.S. gunboat training vessel |
Credit line |
Carus Collection Donated by Henry N. Barkhausen |
Provenance |
Materials in this collection were collected and compiled by Great Lakes ship captain Edward Carus of Manitowoc over a period of more than 50 years. Captain Carus began his career on the Great Lakes sailing on schooners and spent many years as a captain for the Goodrich Line before retiring. During his career, he researched and recorded the maritime heritage of the areas where he sailed, particularly the western shore of Lake Michigan. Captain Carus worked for ten years with Edwin Schuette, also from Manitowoc, and Mr. Schuette also contributed to the collection. In 1937, Captain Carus had fallen on hard times, his wife was bedridden and they were in need of money. Although Captain Carus desired his extensive collection to stay in Manitowoc, neither the City of Manitowoc nor Mr. Schuette was willing to purchase it at the time. Instead, Henry N. Barkhausen purchased it and kept it in his personal collection for more than 40 years before donating it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in 1981, returning it to Manitowoc. Edwin Schuette passed his portion of the collection to his son, Henry Schuette, who then donated his portion to the museum in 1981 as well. |