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<div name=fredbot:career> {{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Yorktown'' (1888)|fate2=Broken up |hullno=PG-1 |comm=23 Apr, 1889{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 67}} |fatedate=30 Sep, 1921<ref>DANFS</ref> |order=Act of 3 March, 1885{{Conways1860|p. 163}} |strick=30 Sep, 1921{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 67}} |name=Yorktown |launch=28 Apr, 1888{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 67}} |builder=[[William Cramp & Sons|Cramp]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 67}} |laid=17 May, 1887{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 67}} |decomm=12 Jun, 1919{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 67}} |fate=Sold |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Yorktown''''' was one of three [[Yorktown Class Gunboat (1888)|''Yorktown'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. ==Service== {{DANFS}} On 8 October 1891, ''Yorktown'' departed New York to join the Pacific Squadron under the command of Commander [[Robley Dunglison Evans|Robley D. Evans]]. She put in to Charlotte Amalie, Danish West Indies, to coal ship on 14 October. While engaged in this duty, ''Yorktown'' was ordered to Valparaíso, Chile, in response to the Baltimore Crisis. ==Captains== <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Yorktown''" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of U.S.S. ''Yorktown''}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=French Ensor Chadwick|nick=French E. Chadwick|appt=13 April, 1889{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 10}}|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Robley Dunglison Evans|nick=Robley D. Evans|appt=before 8 October, 1891}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Stillman Sperry|nick=Charles S. Sperry|appt=21 November, 1898{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Thomas Mulligan|nick=Richard T. Mulligan|appt=10 November, 1905{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 14}}|end=4 August, 1907{{INF}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=James Henry Glennon|nick=James H. Glennon|appt=4 August, 1907{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 14}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Harry Standley|nick=William H. Standley|appt=8 July, 1914{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harlan Page Perrill|nick=Harlan P. Perrill|appt=before 1917{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Yorktown_(PG-1)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Yorktown Class Gunboat (1888)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yorktown}} {{CatShipGunboat|US}}

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