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Latest revision as of 02:05, 11 July 2017

U.S.S. Dorothea (1898)
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Purchased: 21 May, 1898[2]
Launched: 1897[3]
Commissioned: 1 June, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 23 June, 1919[5]
Stricken: 8 September, 1919[6]
Sold: 20 November, 1919[7]
Fate: Mercantile

U.S.S. Dorothea was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[9]

1898

  • six 6-pounders

1910

  • two 3-pounders
  • four 1-pounders

1918

  • three 3-inch/50 caliber

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  8. List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
  9. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.

Bibliography

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


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Dorothea