Machias Class Gunboat (1891)
From The Dreadnought Project
Two Machias class gunboats were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1893-4.
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| Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Machias | PG-5 | Bath Iron Works | 12 Feb, 1891 | 8 Dec, 1891 | 20 Jul, 1893 | To Mexico 29 Oct, 1920 |
| Castine | PG-6 | Bath Iron Works | 19 Feb, 1891 | 11 May, 1892 | 22 Oct, 1894 | Sold 5 Aug, 1921 |
Construction
Armament
As Completed
- eight 4-inch/50 caliber
- four 6-pounders
- two 1-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 165.
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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