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'''U.S.S. ''Sterling''''' was a [[collier]] purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898.
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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Sterling''''' was a [[collier]] purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898.
  
 
==Construction==
 
==Construction==
Launched on 24 August, 1881 by [[Robert Duncan & Company|Robert Duncan & Co.]] as the ''Lamington''.  Purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] and renamed ''Sterling'' on 16 April, 1898.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}
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Launched on 24 August, 1881 by [[Robert Duncan & Company]] as the ''Lamington'', she was purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] and renamed ''Sterling'' on 16 April, 1898.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
The U.S. Navy wasted no time in employing the ''Sterling'', and she was commissioned on day of her purchase, 16 April, 1898, with {{CommUS}} [[Robert E. Impey]] in command.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}
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The U.S. Navy wasted no time in employing the ''Sterling'', and she was commissioned on day of her purchase, 16 April, 1898, with {{CommUS}} [[Robert Elijah Impey|Robert E. Impey]] in command.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}
  
 
Sold on 15 September, 1919 to F. & H. Starr of New York City.  She was resold the same year to the Anglo-South American Bank of Valparaiso, Chile and renamed ''Llai Llai'', under Chilean registration.  ''Llai Llai'' was lost in a collision with the armoured cruiser ''[[O'Higgins (1897)|O'Higgins]]'' while both ships were in Iquique harbor on 11 March, 1920.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/02/0297.htm NavSource: USS Sterling]</ref>
 
Sold on 15 September, 1919 to F. & H. Starr of New York City.  She was resold the same year to the Anglo-South American Bank of Valparaiso, Chile and renamed ''Llai Llai'', under Chilean registration.  ''Llai Llai'' was lost in a collision with the armoured cruiser ''[[O'Higgins (1897)|O'Higgins]]'' while both ships were in Iquique harbor on 11 March, 1920.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/02/0297.htm NavSource: USS Sterling]</ref>
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 13 June 2018

U.S.S. Sterling (1881)
Builder: Robert Duncan & Company[1]
Purchased: 16 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 24 Aug, 1881[3]
Commissioned: 16 Apr, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 7 Jul, 1919[5]
Stricken: 3 Aug, 1919[6]
Sold: 15 Sep, 1919[7]
U.S.S. Sterling was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898.

Construction

Launched on 24 August, 1881 by Robert Duncan & Company as the Lamington, she was purchased by the U.S. Navy and renamed Sterling on 16 April, 1898.[8]

Service

The U.S. Navy wasted no time in employing the Sterling, and she was commissioned on day of her purchase, 16 April, 1898, with Commander Robert E. Impey in command.[9]

Sold on 15 September, 1919 to F. & H. Starr of New York City. She was resold the same year to the Anglo-South American Bank of Valparaiso, Chile and renamed Llai Llai, under Chilean registration. Llai Llai was lost in a collision with the armoured cruiser O'Higgins while both ships were in Iquique harbor on 11 March, 1920.[10][11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

1898

[13]

  • two 6-pounders

1918

[14]

  • four 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  8. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  9. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  10. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  11. NavSource: USS Sterling
  12. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  13. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  14. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.

Bibliography

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