U.S.S. Petrel (1888)
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U.S.S. Petrel (1888) | |
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Hull Number: | PG-2 |
Builder: | Columbian I. W.[1] |
Ordered: | Act of 3 March, 1885[2] |
Laid down: | 27 August, 1887[3] |
Launched: | 13 October, 1888[4] |
Commissioned: | 10 December, 1889[5] |
Decommissioned: | 15 July, 1919[6] |
Stricken: | 16 April, 1920[7] |
Sold: | 1 November, 1920[8] |
U.S.S. Petrel was a gunboat completed for the United States Navy in 1889.
Construction
Service
In 1900, she was serving on the Asiatic Station.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant Commander Willard H. Brownson, 21 October, 1889[10]
- Commander William H. Emory, Jr., 10 March, 1894[11]
- Commander Edward P. Wood, 16 December, 1896[12]
- Lieutenant Commander Walter C. Cowles, 16 December, 1899[13] (also Ordnance Officer, Naval Station, Cavite)
- Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Tappan, 19 October, 1903[14] – 5 May, 1904[15][Inference]
- Lieutenant Commander Francis H. Sherman, 5 May, 1904[16]
- Lieutenant Commander Montgomery M. Taylor, before 1 January, 1911[17] – 1911[18][19]
- Commander Douglas E. Dismukes, 1911[20][21] – after 1 January, 1912[22]
- Lieutenant Commander Duncan M. Wood, 20 January, 1914[23]
Armament
As Completed
- four 6-inch/30 caliber
- two 3-pounder
- one 1-pounder
1918
- four 4-inch/40 caliber
- two 3-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 164.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 151.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 10.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1900. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 18.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 164.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 68.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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