U.S.S. Gloucester (1891)
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U.S.S. Gloucester (1891) | |
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Builder: | Neafie & Levy[1] |
Purchased: | 23 April, 1898[2] |
Launched: | 1891[3] |
Commissioned: | 16 May, 1898[4] |
Stricken: | 12 August, 1919[5] |
Sold: | 21 November, 1919[6] |
Fate: | Unknown |
U.S.S. Gloucester was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.
Construction
Service
Wrecked in a hurricane at Pensacola on 9 September, 1919. Stricken on 12 August, 1919 and sold on 21 November.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright, 16 May, 1898
- Lieutenant Commander Frank E. Beatty, 25 January, 1902[8]
- Lieutenant Edwin H. DeLany, – 19 January, 1905[9]
Armament
1898
- four 6-pounders
- four 3-pounders
1910
- six 3-pounders
1918
- five 3-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 18.
- ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 21 January, 1905. Vol. XXXVII, No. 1,310, p. 23.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
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.
Armed Yacht U.S.S. Gloucester |