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|prefix=U.S.S.  
|name=Mayflower
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|type=armed yacht
|nat=US
|builder=[[John Brown and Company|J. & G. Thomson]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
|launch=17 November, 1896{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
|purchased=19 March, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
|comm=24 March, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
|decomm=22 March, 1929{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}
|strick=23 March, 1931{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}
|fate=Sold
|fatedate=19 October, 1931{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}
|fate2=Broken up 1955
|pend=
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Mayflower''''' was an [[Armed Yacht|armed yacht]] purchased by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] in 1898 for service in the [[Spanish-American War]] and retained in service as a Presidential Yacht.

==Construction==

==Service==
Converted to a Presidential Yacht in 1904.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}

During conversion to a gunboat for use in Central American waters at the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], ''Mayflower'' caught fire on 24 January, 1931.  The damage was so severe further work was abandoned and ''Mayflower'' was stricken from the Navy List on 23 March, 1931 and sold on 19 October.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Mayflower''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{US-Mayflower|f=p}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Morris Robinson Slidell Mackenzie|nick=Morris R. S. Mackenzie|appt=24 May, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==Armament==
{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
===1898===
* two 5-inch
* twelve 6-pounders
===1900===
* ten 6-pounders
===1910===
* six 6-pounders
===1918===
* two 3-inch/50 caliber
* one 3-inch/50 caliber AA gun
* four 6-pounders

==See Also==
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Mayflower_(PY-1)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
* {{SilverstoneWW2}}
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