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USS Severn
ex
 USS Chesapeake (1900 - 1905)

Three-masted, sheathed, wooden bark with auxiliary steam power:
  • Laid down, 2 August 1898, as Chesapeake by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.
  • Launched, 30 June 1899
  • Commissioned USS Chesapeake, 12 April 1900, LCDR. C. E. Colahan in command.
  • Following commissioning, Chesapeake was towed to Annapolis, MD., assuming duties as station ship and practice ship for midshipmen at the Naval Academy
  • Renamed USS Severn, 15 June 1905
  • Refitted as a submarine tender and assigned to the 3rd Submarine Division in New England and Chesapeake Bay, assuming duty in mid-May 1910
  • Reassigned to the 1st Submarine Division at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, assuming duty 12 December 1913
  • Towed to Norfolk, VA. for decommissioning, 3 October 1916
  • Struck from the Naval Register and sold to F.G. McDonald, Ardmore, PA., 7 December 1916, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,175 t.
    Length 224' 3"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 16'
    Speed unknown
    Complement
    Crew 113
    Midshipmen 122
    Armament
    six 4" guns
    four 6-pdrs
    two 1-pdrs
    Propulsion Sail and Steam
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    Severn 62k US Naval Academy Midshipmen furling sails aboard USS Severn, circa early 1900s.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Castine 84k USS Severn is moored inboard of USS Castine which has three submarines moored on her starboard side while at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., in February 1911.
    US Navy photo # NH 102764 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, collection of Chief Boatswain's Mate John E. Lynch, USN. Donated by his son, Robert J. Lynch, in April 2000.    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Severn 60k USS Severn with one C-class submarine alongside., circa 1911 - Nov. 1913, either during the summer in New England or during the winter in Chesapeake Bay. Severn was always towed from place to place after 1910. Ric Hedman
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