&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Survey_ship_USS_Leonidas_underway_on_22_April_1914_(NH_51305).jpg) Leonidas (AD-7) underway on 22 April 1914, while serving as a survey ship.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Leonidas |
| Builder | S P Austin & Son Ltd. |
| Laid down | 1897 |
| Launched | 23 March 1898 |
| Acquired | 16 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 21 May 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 28 November 1921 |
| Fate | Sold, 5 June 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 4,264 long tons (4,332 t) |
| Length | 264 ft 3 in (80.54 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Complement | 52 officers and enlisted (collier) |
| Armament | 2 × 3-pounder guns |
USS Leonidas (AD-7) was a destroyer tender, the lone ship in her class, named for Leonidas I (a king of Sparta), and the second United States naval vessel to bear the name.