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Revision as of 02:37, 11 July 2017

U.S.S. Pompey (1897)
Hull Number: AF-5
Builder: S. P. Austin & Son[1]
Purchased: 19 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 1 Apr, 1897[3]
Commissioned: 26 May, 1898[4]
Stricken: 28 Mar, 1922[5]
Transferred: 12 Jul, 1922[6]
Fate: To War Department

U.S.S. Pompey was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 that later served as a torpedo boat depot ship and a supply ship.

Construction

Service

Renamed Samal in 1931 and sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Philippines during December 1941.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

1898

[15]

  • two 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.
  8. List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
  9. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
  10. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
  11. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
  12. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 42.
  13. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
  14. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 40.
  15. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 131.

Bibliography

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


Collier U.S.S. Pompey