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was sold at the Cavite Navy Yard to S. R. Paterno on 14 August. S.R. Paterno was apparently a broker or agent for Madrigal as the ship was sold to Madrigal & Co, Manila, one of the larger Philippine shipowners, and renamed "Consuelo" and used in the interisland trade. In 1930 the ship was sold to
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and then returned to the Philippines in September 1903 for operations with the Asiatic Fleet through the end of 1904. She then returned to the east coast of the United States along which she operated until placed out of service at Norfolk on 4 November 1905.
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Fernando Go Chioco of Amoy and renamed "Hua Tong". In 1932 the ship was sold (or transferred) to the newly established Singapore company Hua Khiow Steamship Co (1932) Ltd and in November 1933 the ship was scrapped in China.
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on 30 April 1913, and—after launching her two submarines—began shuttling coal to American warships at ports in such placed as Guam, the Philippines, China, Japan, and even Burma. Soon after the United States entered the
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around the world to demonstrate the good will of the United States and to make known to any potential enemy the power of the U.S. Navy. She returned to Norfolk on Washington's Birthday in 1909 and, after serving the
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Recommissioned on 23 December 1899, the collier got underway on 18 January 1900 and headed westward across the Pacific and proceeded via
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before she was ordered to the Orient for the last time. In December 1912, she took on a cargo of coal at Hampton Roads and loaded the
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Laid up until 30 April 1910, he put in over two more years supporting the Atlantic Fleet along the coast and in the
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and the aircraft squadrons. On 1 July, she was reclassified as a miscellaneous auxiliary and redesignated AG-15.
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for the seaplanes of the Asiatic Fleet aircraft squadrons in February 1924. On 24 June, naval aviator Commander
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in the Philippines, she was decommissioned on 8 July 1925 and her name was simultaneously stricken from the
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Reactivated on 16 October 1901, the ship made two more round-the-world voyages carrying coal to the
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to the submarines of Submarine Division 18 (SubDiv 18), Asiatic Fleet, and was based at
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and decommissioned there on 27 May for repairs to her boilers and machinery.
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for service as a collier, and was placed in commission there on 21 May 1898.
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was a steel-hulled freighter built in 1890 by D & W Henderson Ltd.,
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then headed east for the California coast and, after reaching
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Following a round-trip voyage carrying coal from New York to
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on her decks before sailing via the North Atlantic, the
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Relieved of all duty in June 1925 after the arrival of
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on 1 January 1901. She was decommissioned on 16 March.
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in December of that year to support the cruise of the
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through the spring, was placed out of service at the
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She made a number of goodwill calls 100: 439:laden with coal for the ships of the 269:387 ft 6 in (118.11 m) 128: 7: 341:, and was renamed for the mythical 729:Colliers of the United States Navy 277:24 ft 8 in (7.52 m) 56:it lacks sufficient corresponding 25: 27:Collier of the United States Navy 695: 490:Reactivated on 20 January 1907, 408:—both before and after rounding 130: 104: 41: 345:in 1901. In 1921, she became a 739:Ships built on the River Clyde 674:Lloyds Register, various years 357:and given the hull designator 261:9,250 long tons (9,400 t) 1: 711:. The entry can be found 650:Dyer, George Carroll (1972). 587:and was redesignated AC-14. 575:The ship was laid up at the 412:—and delivered her cargo at 353:. She was reclassified as a 297:(12 mph; 19 km/h) 765: 157:D & W Henderson Ltd., 114:(1898–1925, later renamed 29: 305:101 officers and enlisted 242: 123: 103: 610:assumed command of both 177:by purchase, 12 May 1898 285:30 ft (9.1 m) 243:General characteristics 71:more precise citations. 435:to the newly acquired 217:AC-14, 17 October 1921 626:Naval Vessel Register 443:. 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