U.S.S. Pompey (1898)

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U.S.S. Pompey (1897)
Hull Number: AF-5
Builder: S. P. Austin & Son[1]
Purchased: 19 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 1 Apr, 1897[3]
Commissioned: 26 May, 1898[4]
Stricken: 28 Mar, 1922[5]
Transferred: 12 Jul, 1922[6]
Fate: To War Department

U.S.S. Pompey was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 that later served as a torpedo boat depot ship and a supply ship.

Construction

Service

Renamed Samal in 1931 and sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Philippines during December 1941.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

1898

[9]

  • two 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  8. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
  9. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.

Bibliography

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


Collier U.S.S. Pompey



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