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Newport (IX 19)
ex-PG-12
ex-Gunboat No. 12

Newport served the U. S. Navy and the States of New York, and Massachusetts.
Annapolis Class Gunboat: Laid down 17 January 1896 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched, 5 December 1896; Delivered 27 June 1987; Commissioned USS Newport, Gunboat No. 12, 5 October 1897; Decommissioned 7 September 1898; Recommissioned 1 May 1900; Decommissioned 1 December 1902 at Boston, MA; Recommissioned 15 May 1903; Decommissioned 17 November 1906; Loaned to the Massachusettes Naval Militia 2 June 1907; Reassigned to the New York Public Marine School 27 October 1907; Returned to Navy control in June 1918; Reassigned to continue duty as a New York State training ship 26 July 1918; Redesignated PG-12, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-19, 1 July 1921; Struck from the Naval Register, 12 October 1931; Turned over to the city of Aberdeen, Washington, in 1934 for further use as a training ship. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,153 t; Length 204' 5"; Beam 36'; Draft 12' 9"; Speed 12.8 kts; Complement 156; Armament one 4" gun , two 3" guns two 6-pdrs; Propulsion one 1,009 hp triple expansion steam engine and sail, one shaft.

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Newport 87k Oil on canvas by an unidentified artist.
Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.
U.S. Navy photo NH 83804 KN		 Naval Historical Center
Newport 42k - New York State
Maritime Academy Museum
Newport 131k In Dry Dock # 2 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1915. USS Ohio (Battleship # 12) is also in the dry dock, forward of Newport. Ship in the right background is USS Raleigh (Cruiser # 8).
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN (MC), 1932.
U.S. Navy Photo NH 59443		 Naval Historical Center
Newport 144k 10 August 1915
Left to right: USS Intrepid (Receiving ship Mare Island and out of commission), USS Cheyenne (Sub Tender, H-1 and H-2 are just visible along side), USS Ohio (head of dry dock), New York State Nautical School Ship Newport (rear of dry dock), and USS Raleigh (far right at the pier).		 Darryl Baker
Newport 153k 10 August 1915
In Dry Dock # 2 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.		 Darryl Baker
View the Newport (PG-12)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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