U.S.S. Galena (1879)

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U.S.S. Galena (1879)
Builder: Norfolk NYd[1]
Laid down: 1872[2]
Launched: 13 Mar, 1879[3]
Commissioned: 26 Aug, 1880[4]
Decommissioned: 23 Jul, 1890
Stricken: 29 Feb, 1892
Sold: 9 May, 1892[5]
U.S.S. Galena was one of five Swatara Class screw sloops completed for the U.S. Navy.

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Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 71.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 71.
  3. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 71.
  4. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 71.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
  6. Register of Officers, 1881. p. 10.
  7. Register of Officers, 1882. p. 10.
  8. Evening Star (Washington DC) 16 October, 1885 p. 1.
  9. Register of Officers, 1887. p. 8.
  10. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 8.

Bibliography


Swatara Class Screw Sloop
Swatara Marion Quinnebaug Galena Mohican