U.S.S. Free Lance (1898)

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U.S.S. Free Lance (1898)
Hull Number: SP-830
Builder: Lewis Nixon Shipyard[1]
Purchased: May 1898[2]
Launched: 1895[3]
Commissioned: 12 May, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 24 August, 1898[5]
Returned: Early 1899[6]
Fate: Mercantile
U.S.S. Free Lance was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Reacquired as SP-830 in 1917.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[10]

  • nil

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  8. List and Station, July 1898. p. 49.
  9. Register of Officers, 1899. p. 116.
  10. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.

Bibliography

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


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Free Lance