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 Reina Mercedes
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Reina Mercedes |
| Namesake | Spanish Navy name retained; Queen Mercedes of Orléans (1860–1878) was the first wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain |
| Builder | Naval shipyard Cartagena, Spain |
| Launched | 12 September 1887 |
| Commissioned | 17 July 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 6 November 1957 |
| Stricken | 6 September 1957 |
| Homeport | |
| Nickname(s) | "Fastest Ship in the Fleet" |
| Captured | 17 July 1898 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping |
| Notes | Served in the Spanish Navy as an unprotected cruiser from 1887 to 1898 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type |
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| Displacement | 2,835 – 3,090 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 43 ft 3 in (13.18 m) |
| Draught | 21 ft 11 in (6.68 m) (mean) |
| Propulsion | non-self-propelled in U.S. Navy service |
| Complement | 91 |
| Armament | none in U.S. Navy service |
| Armor | none |
| Notes | Disarmed after capture and salvage by U.S. Navy; recommissioned as a non-self-propelled ship. |
USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25) was an unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which was captured in Cuba in 1898 by the U.S. Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was refurbished and used by the U.S. Navy as a non-self-propelled receiving ship at Newport, Rhode Island, and subsequently as a detention vessel and barracks ship for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, until 1957.
For an article on the technical characteristics and operational history of Reina Mercedes as a Spanish cruiser, see Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes.