U.S.S. Essex (1874)

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U.S.S. Essex (1874)
Hull Number: IX-10
Builder: Donald McKay at
Portsmouth Navy Yard[1]
Ordered: 10 February, 1873[2]
Laid down: 1873[3]
Launched: 26 Oct, 1874[4]
Commissioned: 3 Oct, 1876[5]
Stricken: 27 Oct, 1930[6]
Sold: 23 Dec, 1930[7]
Fate: Burnt 14 Oct, 1931[8]

U.S.S. Essex was one of five Adams Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

By 1898, she was serving as a training ship.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  2. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  3. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  4. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  5. Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 77.
  6. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 286.
  7. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 286.
  8. Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 286.
  9. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.

Bibliography


Adams Class Gunboat
Adams Alliance Enterprise Essex Nipsic
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