U.S.S. Wilmington (1895)

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U.S.S. Wilmington (1895)
Hull Number: PG-8
Builder: Newport News[1]
Ordered: Act of 2 March, 1893[2]
Laid down: 8 Oct, 1894[3]
Launched: 19 Oct, 1895[4]
Commissioned: 13 May, 1897[5]
Decommissioned: 20 Dec, 1945[6]
Stricken: 8 Jan, 1946[7]
Sold: 30 Dec, 1946[8]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Wilmington was one of two Wilmington Class gunboats completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 165.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 69.
  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. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  10. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.

Bibliography


Wilmington Class Gunboat
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