>From the "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships," 

(1970) Vol. 5, pp.415-416





QUINCY





	A city in Massachusetts.





AK-10

Collier

Displacement:  6,500 t.

Length:  367’

Beam:  51’

Draft:  21’4”

Speed:  11 k.

Complement:  100

Armament:  4 3"





	QUINCY, formerly VOGESEN, was built in 1909 by William 

Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, England for H. Vogemann; 

acquired by the Naval Overseas Transportation Service 8 May 

1917; and commissioned at New Orleans 2 February 1918, Lt. 

Comdr. John C. K. Redington United States Naval Reserve 

Forces, in command.



	Upon the declaration of war with Germany, VOGESEN was 

seized by Customs and Navy officials at Pensacola, Fla., and 

was renamed QUINCY 4 June 1917.  After a refit at New 

Orleans, she was quickly placed in service by NOTS as a 

collier.



	During World War I, QUINCY made three round trip 

trans-Atlantic voyages.  She sailed from Norfolk 27 February 

1918 with a cargo of lumber destined for Paulliac, France, 

and returned to Norfolk 1 June.  While at Norfolk, she was 

fitted out to carry fuel oil.  QUINCY departed 21 July for 

Brest, France with a cargo of lumber, cement, and airplanes, 

and returned to Philadelphia 26 September for a short refit.  

On her third eastward crossing she left Galveston, Tex., 

1 November bound for Genoa, Italy with a cargo of aviation 

material.  On the return voyage, QUINCY called at Gibraltar 

to take on a Navy cargo, and arrived at Philadelphia 

25 March 1919.  QUINCY subsequently carried cargo between 

east coast ports and visited Guantanamo Bay and St. Thomas, 

Virgin Islands.



	After the war, QUINCY continued to operate along the 

East Coast.  She was designated cargo ship AK-10 on 17 July 

1920.  From August 1920 until May 1921, she was laid up at 

Norfolk.  QUINCY got underway 13 May for Gibraltar and 

Brest.  Upon her return to the U.S., she remained on the 

east coast a short time and then sailed to the California 

coast via the Panama Canal making various calls enroute to 

take on and discharge cargo.  QUINCY arrived at Mare Island 

Navy Yard, Calif., 3 November 1921 and visited Hawaii in 

January-February 1922.  She returned to Philadelphia 

11 April.



	QUINCY decommissioned at Philadelphia 5 June 1922 and 

was sold 25 September 1922 to the Navigation Steamship Co.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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