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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