U.S.S. Severn (1899)

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U.S.S. Severn (1899)
Builder: Bath Iron Works
Laid down: 2 Aug, 1898
Launched: 30 Jun, 1899
Commissioned: 12 Apr, 1900
Decommissioned: 3 Oct, 1916
Sold: 7 Dec, 1916
U.S.S. Chesapeake was a wooden-hulled bark that served in the U.S. Navy. She was renamed Severn on 15 June, 1905.

Construction

Service

Chesapeake was commissioned on 12 April, 1900 with Lieutenant Commander Charles Ellwood Colahan in command.

She was refitted as a submarine tender in early 1910, emerging in mid-May for work with Submarine Division 3.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 50.

Bibliography


Submarine Tender U.S.S. Severn