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Concord (PG 3)
ex-Gunboat No. 3


Concord served the U. S. Navy, the Washington Naval Militia, the Public Health Service and Coast Guard.
Yorktown Class Gunboat: Laid down in May 1888 by the Delaware River Iron Works, Chester, PA; Launched 8 March 1890; Commissioned USS Concord, Gunboat No. 3, 14 February 1891; Decommissioned 27 May 1896 at San Francisco, CA; Recommissioned 22 May 1897; Decommissioned 26 February 1902 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Recommissioned 15 June 1903; Decommissioned 25 August 1904 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA; Recommissioned 16 September 1905; Decommissioned 4 November 1909 at Puget Sound Navy Yard; Assigned as barracks ship for Washington State Naval Militia at Seattle, WA; Transferred to the Treasury Department 15 June 1914 and served as quarantine station vessel for the Public Health Service and Coast Guard at Astoria, OR; Designated PG-3, 17 July 1920; Returned to Naval custody 19 March 1929; Sold 28 June 1929.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,710 t; Length 244' 5"; Beam 36'; Draft 14'; Speed 16.8 kts; Complement 193; Armament six 6" breech-loading rifles, two 6-pounders and two 3-pounder rapid firing guns, two Hotchkiss revolving cannon, two Gatling guns; Propulsion two 3,405shp Horizontal triple-expansion engines, steam and sail, two shafts.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Concord 108k Photo from "Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey: Including Battles of the Philippines" Globe Bible Publishing Co., Philadelphia 1899 John Kohnen
Concord 84k Imperial War Museum photo Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I Mike Green
Concord 64k . Robert Hurst
Bennington 74k In San Francisco Bay, California, circa the 1890s.
Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, donated by Myles DeSomer, 1975.
Note: The subject of this photograph was originally identified as USS Bennington (Gunboat 4). However, the ship's distinctive bow decoration confirms that she is actually Concord.
U.S. Navy photo NH 82133		 Naval Historical Center
Concord 139k In harbor, circa 1891.
Note: The inscription at the bottom of this photograph identifies this ship as USS Bennington (Gunboat 4). However, her distinctive bow decoration confirms that she is actually Concord.
U.S. Navy photo NH 19-N-11225		 Naval Historical Center
Concord 52k c. 1895 Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center
Concord 61k Photographed in Far Eastern waters, 1898, wearing wartime gray paint.
Courtesy of Mrs. D.M. Corn, Las Cruces, NM, in memory of Dr. K.L. Rosencrance, 1970.
U.S. Navy photo NH 71781		 Naval Historical Center
Concord 86k Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898. Photograph of a contemporary artwork, depicting Concord in action during the Battle.
Courtesy of Mr. L.Y. Spear, Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT, 1948.
U.S. Navy photo NR&L(O) 18227		 Naval Historical Center
Concord 125k Bow view of Concord showing the crowd during her commissioing at Mare Island on 15 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 002-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 147k Stern view of Concord during her commissioing at Mare Island on 15 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 003-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 156k Bow view of Concord during her commissioing at Mare Island on 15 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 004-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 187k Bow view of Concord about to leave Dry Dock No. 1 at Mare Island on 26 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 001-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 109k Starboard bow view of Concord at Mare Island on 26 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 005-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 148k Starboard quarter view of Concord at Mare Island on 26 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 006-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 116k Broadside of Concord and Unadilla (YT 4) at Mare Island on 26 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 007-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 200k Stern view of Concord at Mare Island on 26 June 1903.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 008-6-1903		 Darryl Baker
Concord 140k Concord's 28 foot cutter at Mare Island.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 28 ft cutter 001		 Darryl Baker
Concord 194k Concord's 28 foot cutter at Mare Island.
U.S. Navy photo PG 3 28 ft cutter 002		 Darryl Baker
Concord 106k Photo probably taken during her service with the Washington State Naval Militia.
Photo from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships		 Robert Hurst
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