U.S.S. Jason (1912)

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U.S.S. Jason (1912)
Hull Number: AC-12
Builder: Maryland Steel Company[1]
Ordered: 1911
Laid down: 26 Mar, 1912[2]
Launched: 16 Nov, 1912[3]
Commissioned: 26 Jun, 1913[4]
Decommissioned: 30 Jun, 1932
Stricken: 19 May, 1936
Sold: 29 Jul, 1936
U.S.S. Jason was one of two Orion Class colliers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

She was commissioned on 26 June, 1913 with Captain A. M. Whitton in command.[Fact Check][5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 133.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 133.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 133.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 133.
  5. Wikipedia.
  6. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 22.
  7. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 30-31.
  8. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 30-31.

Bibliography


Orion Class Collier
  Orion Jason