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| − | ''Rowan'' was commissioned on 1 April, 1899 under the command of Lieutenant Reginald F. Nicholson. | + | ''Rowan'' was commissioned on 1 April, 1899 under the command of Lieutenant [[Reginald Fairfax Nicholson|Reginald F. Nicholson]]. |
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| − | * {{LieutUS}} [Reginald Fairfax Nicholson|Reginald F. Nicholson]], 1 April, 1899|end=1 May, 1899|precBy=New Command | + | * {{LieutUS}} [[Reginald Fairfax Nicholson|Reginald F. Nicholson]], 1 April, 1899|end=1 May, 1899|precBy=New Command |
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Revision as of 15:23, 12 December 2014
U.S.S. Rowan was a torpedo boat completed for the U.S. Navy in 1899.
Construction
Service
Rowan was commissioned on 1 April, 1899 under the command of Lieutenant Reginald F. Nicholson.
After just one month of trials in Puget Sound, she was decommissioned on 1 May.
Rowan was recommissioned on 23 April, 1908. On 21 June, she departed Bremerton, Washington for Mare Island Navy Yard. For the next year she cruised off the United States West Coast, from the Canadian border to Magdalena Bay, Mexico, as a unit of the 3rd Torpedo Flotilla. Then assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Group at Mare Island, she resumed operations with the torpedo flotilla in December 1909 and continued that duty until 1912.
Rowan was decommissioned at Mare Island on 28 October 1912. Her name was struck from the Navy list the following day and her hulk was sold for scrap on 3 June, 1918.
Armament
- four 1-pdr guns
- three 18-in torpedo tubes, one on centreline aft, and one on each broadside between second and third funnels
Captains
- Lieutenant Reginald F. Nicholson, 1 April, 1899|end=1 May, 1899|precBy=New Command
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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