USS Annapolis (PG-10)
USS Annapolis |
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| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Annapolis |
| Namesake: | Annapolis, Maryland |
| Builder: | Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1896 |
| Launched: | 23 December 1896 |
| Commissioned: | 20 July 1897 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 July 1919 |
| Reclassified: | PG-10, 17 July 1920 IX-1, 1 July 1921 |
| Struck: | 30 June 1940 |
| Fate: | School ship, 1920-1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1,153 long tons (1,172 t) |
| Length: | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Propulsion: | Screw steamer |
| Speed: | 13.17 kn (15.16 mph; 24.39 km/h) |
| Complement: | 133 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 × 4 in (100 mm) guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.24 in)) guns |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Spanish-American War Philippine–American War |
The first USS Annapolis (PG-10/IX-1) was a gunboat in the United States Navy. She was named for Annapolis, Maryland.
Annapolis was laid down on 18 April 1896 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, by Lewis Nixon and his shipyard superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch; launched on 23 December 1896; sponsored by Ms. Georgia Porter, the daughter of Captain Theodoris Porter; and commissioned at New York on 20 July 1897, Commander John J. Hunker in command.
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