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==Service==
==Service==
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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.
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.
In 1900, she was serving on the [[Asiatic Squadron|Asiatic Station]].{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 153}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{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=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=Robley Dunglison Evans|nick=Robley D. Evans|appt=before 8 October, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Thomas Mulligan|nick=Richard T. Mulligan|appt=10 November, 1905{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Stillman Sperry|nick=Charles S. Sperry|appt=21 November, 1898{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{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}}|end=1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1908|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harry Ashby Field|nick=Harry A. Field|appt=before 1 January, 1909{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edwin Alexander Anderson|nick=Edwin A. Anderson|appt=1 October, 1910{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 12}}|end=5 August, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 12}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Levi Calvin Bertolette|nick=Levi C. Bertolette|appt=5 August, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Harrison Standley|nick=William H. Standley|appt=8 July, 1914{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harlan Page Perrill|nick=Harlan P. Perrill|appt=1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Henry Allen|nick=William H. Allen|appt=before January 1916{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 22-23}}|end=June, 1919}}
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Latest revision as of 14:52, 8 February 2022

U.S.S. Yorktown (1888)
Hull Number: PG-1
Builder: Cramp[1]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1885[2]
Laid down: 17 May, 1887[3]
Launched: 28 Apr, 1888[4]
Commissioned: 23 Apr, 1889[5]
Decommissioned: 12 Jun, 1919[6]
Stricken: 30 Sep, 1921[7]
Sold: 30 Sep, 1921[8]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Yorktown was one of three Yorktown Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

On 8 October 1891, Yorktown departed New York to join the Pacific Squadron under the command of Commander 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.

In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 67.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 163.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 67.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 67.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 67.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 67.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 67.
  8. ↑ DANFS
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 153.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 10.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 22-23.

Bibliography


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