USS Princeton (PG-13)

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USS Princeton in 1898
History
United States
Name	USS Princeton
Builder	J. H. Dialogue and Son, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	May 1896
Launched	3 June 1897
Commissioned	27 May 1898
Decommissioned	12 June 1903
Recommissioned	12 May 1905
Decommissioned	3 July 1907
Recommissioned	5 November 1909
Decommissioned	18 September 1915
Recommissioned	16 January 1918
Decommissioned	25 April 1919
Stricken	23 June 1919
Fate	Sold, 13 November 1919
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	1,103 long tons (1,121 t)
Length	168 ft (51 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	147
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns 1 × machine gun

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.