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U.S.S. Wasp (1898)
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Purchased: 26 March, 1898[2]
Launched: 23 August, 1893
Commissioned: 11 April, 1898[3]
Stricken: 13 November, 1919[4]
Sold: 20 September, 1921[5]
Fate: Mercantile

U.S.S. Wasp was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Service

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[12]

1898

  • four 6-pounders

1910

  • two 3-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 80.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 80.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 80.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 80.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 80.
  6. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 9.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 28.
  8. ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 9 January, 1904. Vol. XXV, No. 1256, p. 21.
  9. ↑ "The Navy Gazette". Army and Navy Register. 5 January, 1907. Vol. XLI, No. 1,412, p. 23.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 88.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. pp. 34, 88.
  12. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 80.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Wasp




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