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Revision as of 16:32, 3 November 2015
| U.S.S. Arethusa (1898) | |
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| Hull Number: | AO-7 |
| Builder: | Craig, Taylor & Co. |
| Purchased: | 12 August, 1898[1] |
| Launched: | 4 March, 1893[2] |
| Commissioned: | 28 August, 1898[3] |
| Decommissioned: | 28 June, 1922[4] |
| Sold: | 7 July, 1927 |
Contents
Construction
Launched as the Luciline by Craig, Taylor & Company of Stockton, England on 4 March, 1893. Purchased for the U.S. Navy on 12 August, 1898, she was converted for naval service at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and renamed Arethusa.
Service
Arethusa commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 28 August, 1898, with Commander John F. Merry in command.[5]
Sold to Marshall B. Hall of Boston on 7 July, 1927.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander John F. Merry, August 1898
- Commander Albert W. Grant, 25 November, 1907[6] – 1908[7]
- Lieutenant Commander Bion B. Bierer, 1908[8]
Armament
1898
- five 6-pounders
1910
- none
1918
- four 3-inch/50 caliber
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 20.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 20.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 136.
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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