USS General Alava (AG-5)

USS General Alava (AG-5)

USS "General Alava" (AG-5) was a "General Alava"-class cargo ship acquired by the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War and subsequently used by the Navy as a general cargo ship.

"General Alava" was built in 1895 by A. McMillan & Sons, Dumbarton, Scotland; captured during the Spanish-American War; transferred from the War Department to the Navy 21 February 1900; commissioned at Cavite, Philippine Islands, 9 March 1900, Lt, Comdr. C. E. Fox in command.

General service

"General Alava" served in the Philippines as a transport and lighthouse tender. She transported U.S. Marines between various garrisons in the Philippines, making a voyage to Guam November 1900 to return survivors of "Yosemite", lost at sea during a typhoon, to Cavite. Following a tour of the Archipelago with the Army Board for selection of a leper colony site, she carried a Naval Observatory party to Pendang, Sumatra, to observe a partial eclipse of the sun 16 May 1901. During 3-26 September 1901, she cruised with Rear Admiral C. C. Remey on inspection of the southern islands. She carried Governor William Howard Taft from Manila to Singapore and back, 5-22 August 1902. The transport again sailed from Manila 29 October, transporting a Forestry Commission to the southern islands, Northern Luzon, Formosa and Nagasaki, Japan. She returned to Subic Bay 30 December and decommissioned at Cavite 24 January 1903.

Recommissioning prior to World War I

"General Alava" recommissioned 11 June 1904 for transport service between the islands until May 1905 when she departed for the coast of China. She returned to Cavite from Shanghai 21 November 1905 and decommissioned 26 February 1906. "General Alava" recommissioned 18 December 1906. She was largely used to carry passengers between Cavite and Olongapo until February 1925. This service was interrupted (May-November 1919) by a cruise to Batavia, Saigon, and Celebes to show the flag. With the assignment of hull classification and numbers to ships in 1920, she was designated a miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-5). The transport departed Manila 18 February 1925 once again to show the flag at Batavia and Saigon and to proceed via Hong Kong to Shanghai, arriving 24 April.

China operations

For the next 2 years "General Alava" carried passengers between Chinese ports, twice returning to the Philippines for brief visits. In several inspection cruises from Shanghai, she carried the Asiatic Fleet Commander to such ports as Dairen, Chefoo, Tsingtao, Tientsin, and Chinwangtao. On 24 August 1927 she became receiving ship at Shanghai for transient officers of the Yangtze Patrol and from time to time made inspection trips along the river.

Decommissioning

She returned from her last cruise on the river to Nanking 3 June 1929 and decommissioned at Shanghai 28 June 1929. Her hulk was used as a target during gunnery practice off the Asiatic coast and sunk 17 July 1929.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* World War II

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/49/49005.htm NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AG-5 General Alava]


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