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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. Nashville''' was a [[Gunboat|patrol gunboat]] completed for the [[United States Navy]] in 1897.
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. Nashville''' was a [[gunboat]] completed for the [[United States Navy]] in 1897.


==Construction==
==Construction==
Her design was handsome and almost yacht-like, with two very tall thin funnels and a rounded fantail stern.
Her design was handsome and almost yacht-like, with two very tall thin funnels and a rounded fantail stern.


''Nashville'' was launched by the [[Newport News|Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]] on 19 October, 1895, sponsored by Miss Maria Guild.
''Nashville'' was launched by the [[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company]] on 19 October, 1895, sponsored by Miss Maria Guild.


==Service==
==Service==
''Nashville'' was commissioned on 19 August, 1897 with {{CommUS}} [[Washburn Maynard]] in command.
''Nashville'' was commissioned on 19 August, 1897 with {{CommUS}} [[Washburn Maynard]] in command.
In 1900, she was serving on the [[Asiatic Squadron|Asiatic Station]].{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 151}}


She became the barge ''Richmond Cedar Works No. 4'' and was finally scrapped in 1957.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 69}}
She became the barge ''Richmond Cedar Works No. 4'' and was finally scrapped in 1957.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 69}}
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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Washburn Maynard|nick=Washburn Maynard|appt=19 August, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|prec=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Washburn Maynard|nick=Washburn Maynard|appt=19 August, 1897{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 8}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Raymond Perry Rodgers|nick=Raymond P. Rodgers|appt=9 July, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 14}}|end=September, 1900{{USOfficerReg1901|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Nathan Errick Niles|nick=Nathan E. Niles|appt=6 September, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=February 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Nathan Errick Niles|nick=Nathan E. Niles|appt=6 September, 1900{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=February 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Hubbard|nick=John Hubbard|appt=14 February, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=John Hubbard|nick=John Hubbard|appt=14 February, 1903{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Washington Irving Chambers|nick=Washington I. Chambers|appt=8 August, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Washington Irving Chambers|nick=Washington I. Chambers|appt=8 August, 1905{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 14}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Casey Bruce Morgan|nick=Casey B. Morgan|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=1 October, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Dugald MacDougall|nick=William D. MacDougall|appt=1 October, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Percy Napier Olmsted|nick=Percy N. Olmsted|appt=19 October, 1914{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 16}}|end=after 1 January, 1916{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 16}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Harry Ervin Yarnell|nick=Harry E. Yarnell|appt=12 July, 1916{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}}
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==Armament==
==Armament==
===1897===
===1897===
<ref>[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/nashville-i.htm DANFS - Nashville]</ref>
{{USDANFS|n/nashville-i}}
* eight 4-inch/40 caliber
* eight 4-inch/40 caliber
* two 6-pounders
* two 6-pounders
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nashville_(PG-7)}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nashville_(PG-7)}}
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Latest revision as of 23:58, 27 February 2022

U.S.S. Nashville (1895)
Hull Number: PG-7
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1893[2]
Laid down: 9 August, 1894[3]
Launched: 19 October, 1895[4]
Commissioned: 19 August, 1897[5]
Decommissioned: 29 October, 1919[6]
Sold: 20 October, 1920[7]
Fate: Merchatile service

U.S.S. Nashville was a gunboat completed for the United States Navy in 1897.

Construction

Her design was handsome and almost yacht-like, with two very tall thin funnels and a rounded fantail stern.

Nashville was launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on 19 October, 1895, sponsored by Miss Maria Guild.

Service

Nashville was commissioned on 19 August, 1897 with Commander Washburn Maynard in command.

In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[8]

She became the barge Richmond Cedar Works No. 4 and was finally scrapped in 1957.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

1897

[26]

  • eight 4-inch/40 caliber
  • two 6-pounders
  • two 3-pounders
  • two 1-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 164.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 151.
  9. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 8.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 14.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1901. p. 14.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  25. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  26. ↑ DANFS

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


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