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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Rainbow |
| Builder | James Laing, Sunderland, England |
| Launched | 7 January 1890, as Norse King |
| Acquired | by purchase, 29 June 1898 |
| Commissioned | 2 December 1901 |
| Decommissioned | 24 December 1914 |
| Recommissioned | 29 January 1916 |
| Decommissioned | 11 July 1925 |
| Reclassified | AS-7, 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 26 June 1928 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 13 September 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Distilling ship / Submarine tender |
| Displacement | 4,360 long tons (4,430 t) |
| Length | 325 ft 9 in (99.29 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 coal-fired boilers, 1 triple-expansion engine, single shaft |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 55 officers and enlisted |
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USS Rainbow (AS-7) was the only ship in the United States Navy by that name. The ship was originally converted to a distilling ship in 1898, and then converted again in 1917 to a submarine tender.
Rainbow was built in 1890 as the merchant ship Norse King by James Laing at Sunderland, England. She was purchased by the U.S. Navy on 29 June 1898, placed in reduced commission on 18 July, and transferred to the New York Navy Yard for fitting out for use as a distilling and station ship in the Philippines.