U.S.S. Intrepid (1874)
| U.S.S. Intrepid (1874) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard[1] |
| Laid down: | 1873[2] |
| Launched: | 5 March, 1874[3] |
| Commissioned: | 31 July, 1874[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 22 August, 1882 |
| Stricken: | Early 1892 |
| Sold: | 9 May, 1892[5] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
Contents
Construction
Template:DANFS Intrepid was designed by Isaiah Hanscom for experimental work with the Bureau of Ordnance, her engines were designed and built by the Morgan Iron Works, New York City, and were ordered on 23 December, 1871. She was laid down during 1873 by the Boston Navy Yard and was launched on 5 March, 1874, sponsored by Miss H. Evelyn Frothingham Pooke.[6]
Service
Intrepid was commissioned 31 July, 1874 Commander Augustus P. Cooke in command. She departed Boston on 3 August and arrived at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport the next day. She departed Newport on 31 August and arrived at the New York Navy Yard the next day, 1 September. The following two months were devoted to spar torpedo trials along the North Atlantic Coast. Intrepid returned to New York on 24 October, and decommissioned on 30 October.
The steamer recommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 28 August but, with the exception of brief visits to New England ports in 1875 and 1876, she remained at the Navy Yard. She decommissioned 22 August, 1882 for conversion to a light-draft gunboat for service in Chinese waters. Conversion work was suspended on 22 September, 1883 and a subsequent survey in 1892 found Intrepid unserviceable.
She was on sold on 9 May, 1892 to Mathew Gill, Jr., of Philadelphia.[7] Prior to sale, two of her boilers were repurposed as shop boilers at the New York Navy Yard.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Augustus P. Cooke, 31 July, 1874 – 30 October, 1874
Armament
As Completed
- five spar torpedoes
As Gunboat
- two 8-inch muzzle-loading rifles
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 1892. p. 398.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 83.
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883. New York: Routledge.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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