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Latest revision as of 22:15, 13 June 2018

U.S.S. Buccaneer (1888)
Builder: Atlantic Iron Works[1]
Purchased: 14 May, 1898[2]
Launched: 1888[3]
Commissioned: 13 June, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 12 September, 1898[5]
Returned: 12 September, 1898
Fate: Unknown

U.S.S. Buccaneer was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Loaned to the U.S. Navy by William Randolph Hearst.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[8]

  • two 6-pounders
  • four 2-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.
  7. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 11.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 76.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Buccaneer




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