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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Ranger''''' was one of three [[Alert Class Gunboat (1874)|''Alert'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Ranger''''' was one of three [[Alert Class Gunboat (1874)|''Alert'' Class gunboats]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | ||
Her name was changed to '''''Rockport''''' on 30 Octoberm 1917 and then to '''''Nantucket''''' on 20 February, 1918. | |||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Ranger''" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Ranger''" nat="US"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Cook Reiter|nick=George C. Reiter|appt=c. 1890|end=|note=in command during the Barrundia Affair}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=George Cook Reiter|nick=George C. Reiter|appt=c. 1890|end=|note=in command during the Barrundia Affair}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Wells Laflin Field|nick=Wells L. Field|appt=4 November, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Wells Laflin Field|nick=Wells L. Field|appt=4 November, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}|end=}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 19 October 2016
| U.S.S. Ranger (1876) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | PG-23 |
| Builder: | Harlan & Hollingsworth[1] |
| Ordered: | 10 February, 1873[2] |
| Laid down: | 1873[3] |
| Launched: | 10 May, 1876[4] |
| Commissioned: | 27 November, 1876[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 9 March, 1922[6] |
| Transferred: | 11 April, 1940[7] |
| Fate: | to Maritime Commission. Broken up 1958 |
U.S.S. Ranger was one of three Alert Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.
Her name was changed to Rockport on 30 Octoberm 1917 and then to Nantucket on 20 February, 1918.
Service
Captains
- Commander George C. Reiter, c. 1890 (in command during the Barrundia Affair)
- Commander Wells L. Field, 4 November, 1899[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 2.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 78.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
Bibliography
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