&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Gloucester.jpg) USS Gloucester 1898
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| Builder | Neafie & Levy |
| Launched | 1891 |
| Acquired | 23 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 16 May 1898 |
| Stricken | 12 August 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Gunboat |
| Displacement | 786 long tons (799 t) |
| Length | 240 ft 8 in (73.36 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Speed | 17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h) |
| Armament | 4 × 6-pounder (32 mm (1.26 in)) guns |
USS Gloucester was a gunboat in the United States Navy. She was built in 1891 as the yacht Corsair II for J. P. Morgan by Neafie & Levy of Philadelphia, to a design by John Beavor-Webb.[1] The yacht was acquired by the Navy on 23 April 1898 and commissioned Gloucester on 16 May 1898 with Lieutenant Commander Richard Wainwright in command.
- ^ Marine Engineering (1898). "Armed Yacht vs. Torpedo-Boat Destroyers". Marine Engineering. 2 (August 1898). Marine Publishing Company: 15. Retrieved 15 October 2014.