USS Adams (1874)

Adams, c. 1905
History
United States
NameUSS Adams
NamesakeJohn Adams
BuilderDonald McKay
Laid downFebruary 1874
Launched24 October 1874
Commissioned21 July 1876
Decommissioned20 September 1884
Recommissioned2 November 1885
Decommissioned25 March 1889
Recommissioned22 April 1889
Decommissioned31 July 1890
Recommissioned23 March 1892
Decommissioned16 November 1894
Recommissioned24 December 1895
Decommissioned30 April 1898
Recommissioned7 October 1898
Decommissioned31 December 1907
FateLoaned to Pennsylvania Nautical School, 20 August 1908
AcquiredReturned to U.S. Navy 6 February 1914
FateLoaned to New Jersey naval militia, 1 May 1914
AcquiredReturned to U.S. Navy 1917
Recommissioned27 August 1917
Decommissioned5 August 1919
Fate
  • Sold into mercantile service August 1920
  • Scrapped 1921 or 1922
General characteristics
Class and typeEnterprise-class screw sloop
Displacement1,375 long tons (1,397 t)
Length185 ft (56 m)
Beam35 ft (11 m)
Draft14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
PropulsionSteam engine, screw
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed9.8 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.3 mph)
Complement190
Armament
  • 1 × 11 in (280 mm) gun
  • 4 × 9 in (230 mm) guns
  • 1 × 60-pounder Parrott rifle

USS Adams was a screw gunboat and the lead ship of the Adams class.