USS Nanshan (AG-3)

USS Nanshan (AG-3)

USS Nanshan (AG-3) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy.

Nanshan was launched in 1896 by Grangemouth Dockyard Company, Grangemouth, Scotland for merchant service as a collier in the Far East; purchased at Hong Kong on 6 April 1898 from Frank Smythe; and placed in service the same day, Captain E. H. Stovell of the British Marine Service in command.