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USS VESUVIUS (Dynamite Cruiser)

Displacement 930 Tons, Dimensions, 252' 4" (oa) x 26' 5" x 11' 3" (Max)
Armament 3 x 15" Pneumatic Dynamite Guns, 3 x 3pdr.
Armor, None.
Machinery, 3,200 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted triple expansion engines, 2 screws
Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 70.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid SEP 1887 at William Cramp and Sons Ships and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA
Launched 28 APR 1888
Commissioned 02 JUN 1890
Decommissioned 25 APR 1895
Commissioned 12 JAN 1897
Decommissioned 16 SEP 1898
Commissioned 21 JUN 1906
Decommissioned 27 NOV 1907
Commissioned 14 FEB 1910
Decommissioned 21 OCT 1921
Fate: Sold for scrap to J. Lipsitz and Co., Chelsea, MA on 21 April 1922.
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Vesuvius 70k USS Vesuvius (1890-1922) photographed circa the early 1890s. The muzzles of her three pneumatic "dynamite" guns are visible below her foremast boom.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 69211.

 USNHC
Vesuvius 195k Port bow underway, 1891. Image # (19-A-2-87) National Archives
Vesuvius 151k Port side view underway, 1895. PAHRC
Vesuvius
ves04		 53k Starboard bow view, 1898. Daniel Wilmes
USS VESUVIUS History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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