Despatch at the surrender of the Virginius in Bahia Honda
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Despatch |
Namesake | Despatch: As a verb, to send off or away, to dispose of speedily, to execute quickly. As a noun, a message sent with speed. |
Acquired | November 1873 |
Commissioned | 23 November 1873 |
Decommissioned | 9 July 1879 |
Recommissioned | 8 June 1880 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 1880 |
Recommissioned | 19 October 1880 |
Fate | Wrecked 10 October 1891 |
Notes | Previously the commercial steamer America |
General characteristics | |
Type | Steamer |
Displacement | 560 long tons (570 t) |
Length | 198 ft (60 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 81 |
Armament | 3 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) guns |
The third USS Despatch was a United States Navy steamer in commission from 1873 to 1891.