History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Saturn |
Builder | Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Delaware |
Launched | 1890 |
Acquired | 2 April 1898 |
Commissioned | 11 April 1898 |
Decommissioned | 17 March 1922 |
Reclassified | AG-4, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Sold, 25 September 1922 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Collier |
Displacement | 4,840 long tons (4,918 t) |
Length | 297 ft 1 in (90.55 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 5 in (12.32 m) |
Draft | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement | 74 |
Armament | 1 × 6-pounder gun |
The first USS Saturn (AG-4) was an iron collier in the United States Navy.
Saturn was launched during 1890 by Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, Wilmington, Delaware; was purchased on 2 April 1898 by the United States Navy from the Boston Towboat Company for service in the Spanish–American War; and commissioned on 11 April 1898.