U.S.S. Oneida (1898)

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U.S.S. Oneida (1898)
Builder: Bath Iron Works[1]
Purchased: 31 May, 1898[2]
Launched: 3 June, 1896[3]
Commissioned: 30 April, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 19 September, 1898[5]
Stricken: 8 November, 1915[6]
Sold: 16 March, 1916[7]
Fate: Mercantile
U.S.S. Oneida was a yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Sold on 16 March, 1916 and became the merchantman Henry P. Williams before being reacquired by the Navy as SP-509.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[10]

1898

  • four 1-pounder

1910

  • one 3-pounder

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  8. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  9. List and Station, July 1898. p. 13.
  10. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.

Bibliography

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


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Oneida