From collection Penobscot Marine Museum Archives
Steam Log of the USS MARCELLUS
Official engine room log of the steam collier USS MARCELLUS for the quarter ending September 30, 1910. This includes a voyage to Pensacola, a dry dock and maintenance period once there, a trip to Newport News, Virginia to pick up coal, and the wreck of the MARCELLUS in a collision in August, 1910. The log records daily operations of the engine room, including the consumption of coal and oil and descriptions of maintenance work undertaken in port.