.jpg) USS Brutus being repainted into wartime grey, 28 May 1898.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Brutus |
| Namesake | Marcus Junius Brutus |
| Builder | John Readhead & Sons |
| Launched | February 1894 |
| Acquired | 1898 |
| Commissioned | 27 May 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 17 August 1921 |
| Stricken | 29 July 1922 |
| Fate | Sold 1920, scrapped 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 6,550 tons |
| Length | 332 ft 6 in (101.35 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft 6 in (12.65 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 63 |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pounders |
USS Brutus, formerly the steamer Peter Jebsen, was a collier in the United States Navy. She was built in 1894 at South Shields-on-Tyne, England, by John Readhead & Sons and was acquired by the U.S. Navy early in 1898 from L. F. Chapman & Company. She was renamed Brutus and commissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard on 27 May 1898.