USS Dolphin (PG-24)

USS Dolphin (PG-24)
Dolphin in 1891
History
United States
NameDolphin
NamesakeDolphin
BuilderDelaware River S&E, Chester
Launched12 April 1884
Commissioned8 December 1885
Decommissioned1 May 1891
Recommissioned14 March 1892
Decommissioned23 November 1897
Recommissioned24 March 1898
Decommissioned8 December 1921
FateSold to Mexico, 25 February 1922
History
Mexico
NamePlan de Guadalupe
NamesakeThe Plan of Guadalupe
Acquired25 February 1922
Stricken1924
FateSold for scrap circa 1927
General characteristics
TypeGunboat / dispatch vessel
Displacement1,485 long tons (1,509 t)
Length256 ft 6 in (78.18 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Sails (as built)
  • 1 × shaft
Speed16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement152 officers and men
Armament
NotesOne of the U.S. Navy's first four steel ships

USS Dolphin (PG-24) was a gunboat/dispatch vessel; the fourth ship of the United States Navy to share the name. Dolphin was the first U.S. Navy ship to fly the flag of the president of the United States during President Chester A. Arthur's administration, and the second Navy ship to serve as a presidential yacht.