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''Nipsic'' was put up for sale in January 1913, appraised at $2,000.  Sealed proposals were accepted through noon on 24 February.<ref>"Sale of U.S.S. ''Nipsic''".  ''Army and Navy Register''.  18 January, 1913.  Vol. '''LIII''', No. '''1,696''', p. 67.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:52, 1 February 2017

U.S.S. Nipsic (1878)
Builder: Washington Navy Yard[1]
Ordered: 1873[2]
Laid down: 1873[3]
Launched: 6 Jun, 1878[4]
Commissioned: 11 Oct, 1879[5]
Decommissioned: 2 Oct, 1890[6]
Sold: 13 Feb, 1913[7]
Fate: Mercantile
U.S.S. Nipsic was one of five Adams Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

Nipsic was put up for sale in January 1913, appraised at $2,000. Sealed proposals were accepted through noon on 24 February.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  3. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  4. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  5. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 3.
  8. "Sale of U.S.S. Nipsic". Army and Navy Register. 18 January, 1913. Vol. LIII, No. 1,696, p. 67.
  9. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 20.

Bibliography


Adams Class Gunboat
Adams Alliance Enterprise Essex Nipsic
<– Mohongo Class Gunboats (US) Alert Class –>