SATURN AG 4

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Iron Collier
Built 1890 by Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Delaware


1. SATURN (Commercial Service)
Purchased by U.S. Navy from the Boston Towboat Company on April 2 1898


2. USS SATURN (Collier)
Commissioned April 11 1898 - Decommissioned November 4 1898
Recommissioned August 15 1900 - Decommissioned June 30 1903
Recommissioned December 2 1903 - Decommissioned September 30 1911
Recommissioned August 3 1912 - Decommissioned July 31 1913
Recommissioned April 4 1917


3. USS SATURN AG-4
Designated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) July 17 1920
Decommissioned March 17 1922
Struck from Naval Register 1922

Sold September 25 1922 to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, PA for scrapping

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
West Indies Campaign Medal - Mexican Service Medal - China Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Asiatic clasp)

NAMESAKE - The sixth planet from the sun in our solar system...The Roman god of agriculture and harvest

 

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