U.S.S. Gloucester (1891)

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U.S.S. Gloucester (1891)
Builder: Neafie & Levy[1]
Purchased: 23 April, 1898[2]
Launched: 1891[3]
Commissioned: 16 May, 1898[4]
Stricken: 12 August, 1919[5]
Sold: 21 November, 1919[6]
Fate: Unknown
U.S.S. Gloucester was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Wrecked in a hurricane at Pensacola on 9 September, 1919. Stricken on 12 August, 1919 and sold on 21 November.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[10]

1898

  • four 6-pounders
  • four 3-pounders

1910

  • six 3-pounders

1918

  • five 3-pounders

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. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 18.
  9. "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 21 January, 1905. Vol. XXXVII, No. 1,310, p. 23.
  10. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Gloucester