Savannah (AOR 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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:r,n t' U 1141.5 ,Upon .America's entry into World War l, a German lux- .ury liner,4the SAXONIA, was seized at Seattle, hwashington, converted to a submarine tender and ,recommissioned on 3 November 1917 as the third , USSSAVANNAH. Until January of 1924 she cruised A thefAtlantic,, tending the units of the small but proud tSubmarineForce. Her final two years of service spent off the U.S. West Coast in the same role. was decommissioned on 16 December 1926 at where she had begun her Fleet Service zninerriyears earlier. A Q A f'f ,f,f . and renowned predecessor was a built by the New York Shipbuilding Cor- New Jersey, and commissioned in f Yard on 10 March 1938. She forlthe next seven years, retired Fleet along with many of her finally sold for scrap on , , iiiif .1 . - if ,f , ' f rw, ,wt , , . ff y i,i ships named SAVANNAH, two are JK, ffffhf , ff ,v X r . , ,yyy pioneering new propulsion systems. In 1818 Francis Pickett at Corlear's Hook, New York, converted an ocean going sailing ship under COD- struction to a steamer with adjustable paddle wheels. After a few trial runs to test her new engines, SS SAVANNAH departed Savannah, Georgia, 22 May 1819 on an easterly heading. Twenty-nine days and eleven hours Eater she arrived at Liverpool, Engiand, becoming the first steamship ever to cross the ocean.l ln 1958, 139 years after this pioneering voyage, the latest merchant ship to bear the name waslaunched at New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camdaen.,1News Jersey. Sponsored by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower,,,NS SAVANNAH became the first nuclear -powered merchant vessel. She subsequently steamed 334,972 miles on 127 pounds of U-235 pioneering answers merchant shiDDlflQ- A in The latest SAVANNAH bears a proud name, only famous in American naval and merchantishipanf- nals, but also one of a city and river rich in Americinn heritage and traditions. g 1