USS Princeton (PG-13)

USS Princeton in 1898
History
United States
NameUSS Princeton
BuilderJ. H. Dialogue and Son, Camden, New Jersey
Laid downMay 1896
Launched3 June 1897
Commissioned27 May 1898
Decommissioned12 June 1903
Recommissioned12 May 1905
Decommissioned3 July 1907
Recommissioned5 November 1909
Decommissioned18 September 1915
Recommissioned16 January 1918
Decommissioned25 April 1919
Stricken23 June 1919
FateSold, 13 November 1919
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement1,103 long tons (1,121 t)
Length168 ft (51 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement147
Armament

The third USS Princeton was a composite gunboat in the United States Navy.

Princeton was laid down in May 1896 by J. H. Dialogue and Son, Camden, New Jersey; launched on 3 June 1897; sponsored by Miss Margeretta Updike; and commissioned on 27 May 1898 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.