U.S.S. Castine (1892)

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U.S.S. Castine (1892)
Hull Number: PG-6
Builder: Bath I. W.[1]
Ordered: 2 3 1889[2]
Laid down: 19 Feb, 1891[3]
Launched: 11 May, 1892[4]
Commissioned: 22 Oct, 1894[5]
Decommissioned: 28 Aug, 1919[6]
Sold: 5 Aug, 1921[7]
Fate: Lost 12 Dec, 1924

U.S.S. Castine was one of two Machias Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[8]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 165.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  8. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 150.
  9. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
  10. Obituary. Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times October 12, 1918.
  11. Wikipedia
  12. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
  13. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  14. NavSource.org
  15. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 32.
  16. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 42.
  17. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  18. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
  19. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  20. Navy Directory 1 March, 1918 p. 7.

Bibliography


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