USS Petrel (PG-2)

History
United States
Laid down	27 August 1887
Launched	13 October 1888
Commissioned	10 December 1889
Decommissioned	15 July 1919
Stricken	16 April 1920
Homeport	various
Fate	Sold 1 November 1920
General characteristics
Displacement	867 tons
Length	188 ft (57 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Speed	11.4 kts
Complement	138
Armament	4 × 6 in (150 mm) cal guns 2 × 3-pounder guns 1 × 1-pounder gun[1]

The third USS Petrel (PG-2) was a 4th rate gunboat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was named for a sea bird.

Petrel was laid down on 27 August 1887, built by the Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock Company in Baltimore, Maryland; launched on 13 October 1888; and commissioned 10 December 1889.