&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Leyden_(1865).jpg) USS Leyden
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Leyden |
| Namesake | Original merchant ship name retained after acquisition by U.S. Navy |
| Builder | James Tetlow, Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 1865 |
| Fate | Foundered near Block Island on 21 January 1903 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armed tug |
| Displacement | 35 tons |
| Armament | 2 guns |
The first USS Leyden was a screw steamer that operated as a tug in the U.S. Navy from 1866 to 1903 and saw combat service in the Spanish–American War in 1898.