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USAT Crook

Transport
  • Laid down, date unknown, by Murray Shipbuilding Co. at Dumbarton, Scotland
  • Launched, 23 December 1882 as SS Richmond Hill
  • Later renamed SS Roumanian
  • Purchased by the Quartermaster Department, 12 July 1898, from the Twin Screw Line
  • Assigned to the U.S. Army Transport Service
  • Renamed USAT Crook in February 1899 in honor of Maj. Gen. George Crook, famous Indian fighter and commanding general of the Arizona Territory and the Department of the Platte in the 1870s and 80s
  • Assigned to the A.T.S. Pacific Fleet with homeport at Manila, P.I., and further assigned to the Inter-Island Service
  • Transported troops of the American Expeditionary Force, Siberia, from Vladivostok to Manila in February and April 1920
  • Transferred to the A.T.S. Atlantic Fleet in May 1920 with homeport at Army Supply Base, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Transported troops of the 2nd Brigade, A.F.G. from Antwerp to New York in December 1921
  • Decommissioned and laid up, 21 January 1922, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Sold, 20 June 1922, to the Seven Seas Steamship Co.
  • Resold, 20 December 1922, to the Ammunition Products Co. and scrapped at Baltimore, MD, in January 1923
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,225 t.(fl)
    Length 420'
    Beam 47'
    Draft 26'5"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Passenger capacity unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion
    boiler(s)
    two Robert Napier & Sons 2 cycle steam engines (33½ & 76in), 600hp
    twin screws
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    Crook
    301306605    		 215k
    Namesake
    George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. During the 1880s, the Apache nicknamed Crook Nantan Lupan, which means "Grey Wolf." (Wikipedia)
    Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Digital ID: from original neg.) cwpbh 04032 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.04032    		 Tommy Trampp
    Crook
    301306606    		 105k USAT Crook clearing the harbor at Savannah, Ga., June 1899.
    U.S. Army photograph from Library of Congress - Flickr National Museum of the US Navy    		 John Spivey
    Crook
    301306603    		 122k Watercolor painting of USAT Crook underway, date, location and artist unknown.
    Scottish Built Ships    		 John Spivey
    Crook 66k USAT Crook moored pierside at Zamboanga, P.I. date unknown.
    US National Archives    		  
    Crook 69k USAT Crook underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 4    		 Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 4.
    Crook
    301306604    		 74k Post card image of USAT Crook underway, circa 1910s, location unknown.
    Ebay    		 Tommy Trampp
    USAT Crook history is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol 4
    Masters
    01CAPT. Randall, Frank S., A.T.S.April 1916 - 4 March 1921
    02CAPT. Baker, Charles, A.T.S.4 March 1921 - 18 March 1921
    03CAPT. Reppa, Frank J., A.T.S.18 March 1921 - 20 June 1922
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