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Revision as of 14:17, 22 July 2015
U.S.S. Nero (1894) | |
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Hull Number: | AC-17 |
Builder: | J. H. Thompson & Son[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.
Contents
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.
- Commander Charles Belknap, 15 June, 1898[10] – August 1899[11]
Armament
1898
- four 3-inch
- four 6-pounders
1918
- one 3-inch/50 caliber
- four 6-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1900. p. 7.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
- ↑ 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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