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Marietta (Gunboat No. 15)


Dubuque served both the U. S. Navy and the New Jersey State Naval Militia.
Wheeling Class Gunboat: Laid down 3 April 1896 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.; Launched 18 March 1897; Commissioned 1 September 1897; Decommissioned 6 May 1903 at Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA; Recommissioned 11 February 1904; Decommissioned 21 January 1905 at League Island, PA; Recommissioned 14 May 1906; Turned over to New Jersey Naval Militia 27 May 1912; Decommissioned 12 July 1919 at New Orleans, LA; Sold 25 March 1920. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,000 t; Length 189 ' 7"; Beam 34'; Draft 12'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 140; Armament six 4" gun mounts, one 3" gun mount, four 6-pounders, two 1-pounders, and one Colt machine gun;
Propulsion steam.

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Marietta 210k c. 1895
A 16' dinghy built by Mare Island for the Marietta
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 001-1895		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 184k c. 1895
A 28' gig whaleboat built by Mare Island for the Marietta
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 002-1895		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 202k c. 1895
A 26' cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 003-1895		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 227k c. 1895
A 26' steam cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 004-1895		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 198k c. 1895
A 28' steam cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 005-1895		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 244k c. 1895
A 26' cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 006-1895		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 248k 21 September 1897
Bow view of Marietta at Mare Island.
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 001-9-1897		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 213k 16 October 1897
Broadside view of Marietta in Mare Island channel.
U.S. Navy photo PG 15 001-10-1897		 Darryl Baker
Marietta 62k Photographed in 1897-98.
Copied from the Journal of Naval Cadet C.R. Miller, 1898, page 67.
U.S. Navy photo NH 46643		 Naval Historical Center
Marietta 97k c. July 1910
Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I		 Mike Green
Marietta 64k Photo probably taken whilst serving with the New Jersey State Naval Militia.
Photo from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships		 Robert Hurst
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