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Revision as of 09:01, 3 December 2014
Three Yorktown class gunboats were completed for the United States Navy between 1889 and 1891.
Overview of three vessels | ||||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | ||||||
Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Yorktown | PG-1 | Cramp | 14 May, 1887 | 28 Apr, 1888 | 23 Apr, 1889 | Sold 30 Sep, 1921 |
Concord | PG-3 | N. F. Palmer | May 1888 | 8 Mar, 1890 | 14 Feb, 1891 | To Public Health Service 15 Jun, 1914 |
Bennington | PG-4 | Delaware River I. W. | May 1888 | 3 Jun, 1890 | 20 Jun, 1891 | Sold 14 Nov, 1910 |
Construction
Armament
As Built
- six 6-inch/30 caliber
- between two to four 6-pounders
- up to two 3-pounders
- up to four 1-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 163.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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