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USQMDE Spirgg Carroll


USQMDE Sprigg Carroll 1913 International Radio Call Sign:
Watch - Zed - Unit
 WZU
Transport:
  • Laid dowwn, date unknown at Pussy and Jones, Wilmington, DE., for the US Army Quatermaster Corps
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered in January 1903
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Sprigg Carroll served many years ans a ferry between New London and Block Island
  • Converted to a diesel Motor Ship, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 248 t.
    Length 100.0'
    Beam 24.0'
    Draft 13.0'
    Speed unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Passengers unknown
    Complement unknown
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Troop Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    As built, Reciprocating triple expansion steam engine, 350 hp, converted to diesel
    Boilers number and type unknown
    screw(s)
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    USQMDE Sprigg Carroll
    Sprigg Carroll
    301312005     		53k
    Namesake

    Samuel Sprigg "Red" Carroll (September 21 , 1832 — January 28, 1893) was a career officer in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general of the Union during the American Civil War. The Maryland native was most known for his service as the commander of the famed "Gibraltar Brigade", an infantry brigade in the Army ofthe Potomac that played a key role in the defense of Cemetery Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg, as well as in repulsing a portion of Picketts Charge.
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    Sprigg Carroll
    301312004    		 38k Two images of SS Sprigg Carroll during builders trials at Wilmington DE., circa 1903
    Photo from flickr.com by David G. Hawkins    		 John Spivey
    Merchant Service
    Sprigg Carroll
    301312006    		 38k SS Sprigg Carrollunderway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from www.facebook.com by Joseph Giglietti    		 John Spivey
    Sprigg Carroll
    301312001    		 142k MV Sprigg Carroll providing ferry service between Ne London and Block Island, summer 1947. Sprigg Carroll was chartered by the Fishers Island Navigation Co., circa 1947.
    Henry I. Ferguson Museum     		 
    Sprigg Carroll
    301312002    		 57k MV Sprigg Carroll moored at Old Harbor, Block Island, R.I., circa 1950s
    Photo by Edward Ol Clark, Courtesy of the Steamboat Historical Society     		John Spivey
    Sprigg Carroll
    301312003    		 109k MV Sprigg Carroll arriving at Block Island, R.I., January 1965.
    Photo from flickr.com by David G. Hawkins    		 John Spivey
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