USS Annapolis (PG-10)
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about USS Annapolis (PG-10)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For other ships with the same name, see USS Annapolis.
The first USS Annapolis (PG-10/IX-1) was a gunboat in the United States Navy. She was named for Annapolis, Maryland.
Quick Facts History, United States ...
USS Annapolis | |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | USS Annapolis |
Namesake | Annapolis, Maryland |
Builder | Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, New Jersey |
Cost | $277,204 (hull and machinery)[1] |
Laid down | 18 April 1896 |
Launched | 23 December 1896 |
Commissioned | 20 July 1897 |
Decommissioned | 1 July 1919 |
Reclassified |
|
Stricken | 30 June 1940 |
Fate | School ship, 1920–1940 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 1,153 long tons (1,172 t) |
Length | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) |
Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Propulsion | Screw steamer |
Speed | 13.17 kn (15.16 mph; 24.39 km/h) |
Complement | 133 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
|
Service record | |
Operations: |
Close
Annapolis was laid down on 18 April 1896 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, by Lewis Nixon and his shipyard superintendent, Arthur Leopold Busch; launched on 23 December 1896; sponsored by Ms. Georgia Porter, the daughter of Captain Theodoris Porter; and commissioned at New York on 20 July 1897, Commander John J. Hunker in command.