&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Despatch_(PY-8).jpg) USS Despatch
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Despatch |
| Namesake | Despatch: As a verb, to send off or away, to dispose of speedily, to execute quickly. As a noun, a message sent with speed. |
| Acquired | November 1873 |
| Commissioned | 23 November 1873 |
| Decommissioned | 9 July 1879 |
| Recommissioned | 8 June 1880 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 1880 |
| Recommissioned | 19 October 1880 |
| Fate | Wrecked 10 October 1891 |
| Notes | Previously the commercial steamer America |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Steamer |
| Displacement | 560 long tons (570 t) |
| Length | 198 ft (60 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 4 in (3.76 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 81 |
| Armament | 3 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) guns |
The third USS Despatch was a United States Navy steamer in commission from 1873 to 1891.