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USAT ''McClellan'' was a United States Army transport ship that saw service during the Spanish–American War and World War I. She also participated in the occupation of Veracruz in 1914. ''McClellan'' was originally SS ''Port Victor'', a steel-hulled passenger-cargo screw steamer built for Anglo-Australian service in the 1880s. Eventually converted into an early example of a refrigeration ship, ''Port Victor'' continued in Australian service until shortly before her sale in 1898 to the United States government for use as a transport during the Spanish-American War. After the war, she was renamed USAT ''McClellan'' and employed as a U.S. Army transport for more than twenty years, supplying the garrisons in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Sold in 1919, she briefly returned to mercantile service under the name SS ''Hastier'', until being damaged by a fire in 1920 and subsequently scrapped. ==Construction and design== ''Port Victor'' was built by Andrew Leslie & Co.〔("Wm. Milburn & Co. - The Fleet" ), Merchant Navy Association website.〕 at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1885 for W. Milburn & Co., a company which operated a fleet of ships between Britain and Australia under a subsidiary known as the Anglo-Australian Steam Navigation Company.〔 ''Port Victor'' was the Milburn Line's first steel-hulled ship, as well as being the first of the company's ships to have a clipper bow and be fitted with a triple expansion engine.〔 Like most of the Anglo-Australian Line's ships, ''Port Victor'' was named after an Australian port, in this case that of Port Victor, South Australia (now known as Victor Harbor). ''Port Victor'' was a passenger-cargo ship of 2,793 tons〔("Expected Arrivals" ), ''The West Australian'', 1894-07-24, p. 4.〕 (1,828 tons gross).〔("Purchase Of Transports" ), ''The Brisbane Courier'', 1898-07-09, p. 5.〕〔 The ship had two decks, six watertight bulkheads,〔American Bureau of Shipping 1922. (p. 886 ).〕 two masts, barque-rigged,〔 and a single funnel. Her powerplant was a 400 IHP, three-cylinder triple expansion steam engine with cylinders of 27, 42 and 70 inches by 48-inch stroke.〔 With her fine, "yacht-like" proportions, ''Port Victor'' was considered to be "out of the ordinary run" of tramp steamers and "one of the handsomest" of the Milburn fleet.〔("Shipping Reports: The S.S. Port Victor" ), ''The Argus'', 1889-06-07, p. 7.〕 In addition to her cargoes, she could carry both cabin-class and steerage passengers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USAT McClellan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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