USS Sandoval (1895)

The ex-Spanish gunboat Sandoval, moored alongside another warship.
History
United States
Name	Sandoval
Launched	20 September 1895
Commissioned	2 September 1898
Decommissioned	10 May 1899
In service	14 October 1900
Out of service	1918
Stricken	23 July 1919
Captured	from Spain, 17 July 1898
Fate	Sold, 30 September 1919
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	106 long tons (108 t)
Length	116 ft 10 in (35.61 m)
Beam	15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Draft	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Speed	19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement	21
Armament	2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) guns 2 × Colt machine guns

USS Sandoval was an Alvarado-class gunboat acquired by the United States Navy from the Spanish as a prize-of-war. Duties assigned her by the Navy included patrolling coastal and river waterways, and, later, acting as a "practice ship" for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and for the New York Naval Militia as well.