USS Castine (PG-6)

USS Castine
History
United States
Name	Castine
Namesake	Castine, Maine
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Launched	11 May 1892
Sponsored by	Ms. M. Hichborn
Commissioned	22 October 1894
Decommissioned	8 October 1901
Recommissioned	12 November 1903
Decommissioned	23 September 1905
Recommissioned	4 October 1908
Decommissioned	28 August 1919
Fate	Sold 5 August 1921 Sunk by internal explosion 12 December 1924
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	1,177 long tons (1,196 t)
Length	204 ft (62 m)
Beam	32 ft 1 in (9.78 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Complement	154 officers and enlisted
Armament	8 × 4 in (100 mm) guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.24 in)) guns

USS Castine (PG-6) was a gunboat of the United States Navy in commission from 1894 to 1901, from 1903 to 1905, and from 1908 to 1919. The first U.S. Navy ship named for Castine, Maine, she saw service during the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, and World War I.