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Latest revision as of 13:59, 13 June 2018

U.S.S. Nero (1894)
Hull Number: AC-17
Builder: J. L. Thompson & Sons[1]
Purchased: 30 Jun, 1898[2]
Launched: 8 Dec, 1894[3]
Commissioned: 8 Jun, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 12 Sep, 1921[5]
Sold: 29 Jul, 1922[6]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Nero was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898.

Construction

Purchased by the U.S. Navy at San Francisco on 30 June, 1898, roughly three weeks after her commissioning![7]

Service

Commissioned on 8 June, 1898 with Commander Charles Belknap in command but, as previously noted, not actually purchased until 30 June![8] To confuse matters further, Belknap is listed elsewhere as having been assigned to the Nero beginning of 15 June![9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

1898

[12]

  • four 3-inch
  • four 6-pounders

1918

[13]

  • one 3-inch/50 caliber
  • four 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  9. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  10. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  11. ↑ List and Station, July 1900. p. 7.
  12. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  13. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


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