U.S.S. Oneida (1898)

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U.S.S. Oneida (1898)
Builder: Bath Iron Works[1]
Purchased: 31 May, 1898[2]
Launched: 3 June, 1896[3]
Commissioned: 30 April, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 19 September, 1898[5]
Stricken: 8 November, 1915[6]
Sold: 16 March, 1916[7]
Fate: Mercantile
U.S.S. Oneida was a yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Sold on 16 March, 1916 and became the merchantman Henry P. Williams before being reacquired by the Navy as SP-509.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[10]

1898

  • four 1-pounder

1910

  • one 3-pounder

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  9. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 13.
  10. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.

Bibliography

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


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Oneida
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