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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 October, 1917 and then to '''''Nantucket''''' on 20 February, 1918. | |||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Ranger served as a school ship after 1909. | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<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=Wells | {{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}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}} (retired)|name=Patrick William Hourigan|nick=Patrick W. Hourigan|appt=1915<ref>''Boston Globe'' 27 Apr 1915 p. 5.</ref>|end=1918<ref>''Navy Directory'' 1 March 1918 p. 80</ref>|note=also [[Massachusetts Nautical School|Superintendent, Massachusetts Nautical School]]}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:57, 30 June 2022
| 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 October, 1917 and then to Nantucket on 20 February, 1918.
Service
Ranger served as a school ship after 1909.
Captains
- Commander George C. Reiter, c. 1890 (in command during the Barrundia Affair)
- Commander Wells L. Field, 4 November, 1899[8]
- Captain (retired) Patrick W. Hourigan, 1915[9] – 1918[10] (also Superintendent, Massachusetts Nautical School)
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.
- ↑ Boston Globe 27 Apr 1915 p. 5.
- ↑ Navy Directory 1 March 1918 p. 80
Bibliography
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