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&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Adams_C.jpg) Adams, c. 1905
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Adams |
| Namesake | John Adams |
| Builder | Donald McKay |
| Laid down | February 1874 |
| Launched | 24 October 1874 |
| Commissioned | 21 July 1876 |
| Decommissioned | 20 September 1884 |
| Recommissioned | 2 November 1885 |
| Decommissioned | 25 March 1889 |
| Recommissioned | 22 April 1889 |
| Decommissioned | 31 July 1890 |
| Recommissioned | 23 March 1892 |
| Decommissioned | 16 November 1894 |
| Recommissioned | 24 December 1895 |
| Decommissioned | 30 April 1898 |
| Recommissioned | 7 October 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 31 December 1907 |
| Fate | Loaned to Pennsylvania Nautical School, 20 August 1908 |
| Acquired | Returned to U.S. Navy 6 February 1914 |
| Fate | Loaned to New Jersey naval militia, 1 May 1914 |
| Acquired | Returned to U.S. Navy 1917 |
| Recommissioned | 27 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 5 August 1919 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Enterprise-class screw sloop |
| Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
| Length | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine, screw |
| Sail plan | Barque-rigged |
| Speed | 9.8 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.3 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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USS Adams was a screw gunboat and the lead ship of the Adams class.