USS Vicksburg (PG-11)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Vicksburg.

USS Vicksburg (PG-11)
History
United States
NameVicksburg
NamesakeVicksburg, Mississippi
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down17 January 1896
Launched5 December 1896
Acquired27 June 1897
Commissioned23 October 1897
Decommissioned24 May 1899
Recommissioned15 May 1900
Decommissioned15 July 1904
Recommissioned17 May 1909
Decommissioned18 June 1912
RecommissionedMay 1914
DecommissionedJune 1914
Recommissioned13 April 1917
Decommissioned16 October 1919
ReclassifiedPG-11, 17 July 1920
Stricken2 May 1921
FateTransferred to Coast Guard, 18 August 1922
NameAlexander Hamilton (WIX 272)
Commissioned18 August 1922
Decommissioned7 June 1930
In service7 June 1930
Out of service30 December 1944
RenamedBeta, between 1 July 1935 and 1 July 1936
Fate
General characteristics
TypeAnnapolis class gunboat
Displacement1,010 long tons (1,030 t)
Length204 ft 5 in (62.31 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Installed power1,118 ihp (834 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × triple expansion steam engine
  • 1 × screw
Speed
  • Under Steam: 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h)
  • Under Sail: 6.5 kn (7.5 mph; 12.0 km/h)
Complement143
Armament

USS Vicksburg was a United States Navy gunboat laid down in March 1896 at Bath, Maine, launched on 5 December 1896 from the Bath Iron Works yard,[1][2] and commissioned on 23 October 1897. The vessel was sponsored by Addie Trowbridge, and named after the town of Vicksburg, where her father was mayor at the time.[3]

  1. ^ Benham, Edith Wallace; Hall, Anne Martin (1913). Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors, 1797-1913. Norwood, MA, USA: Plimpton Press. p. 187. ISBN 9781498046435.
  2. ^ "USS Vicksburg 1897-1899 Log Books". Naval-History.net. 4 May 2022. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. ^ "LAUNCHED AT BATH - Uncle Sam's Two New Gunboats, Vicksburg and Newport". The Wichita Eagle. 6 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2022.