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Gloucester

Gloucester served both the U. S. Navy plus the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and New York State Naval Militia.
Gunboat: Built in 1891 as the steel-hulled yacht Corsair by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, PA; Acquired by the Navy, 23 April 1898; Commissioned USS Gloucester, 16 May 1898; Decommissioned, 8 February 1905 at Pensacola, FL; Served with the Massachusetts and New York Naval Militias at New York City; Recommissioned, 7 April 1917 at Brooklyn Navy Yard; Struck from the Navy list 12 August 1919; Sold 21 November 1919.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 786 t; Length 240' 8"; Beam 27' 2"; Draft 12'; Speed 17kts; Armament four 6-pounders.

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Gloucester 59k - Tom Kermen
Gloucester 69k Under her brilliant Captain Richard Wainwright, Gloucester gained world fame in the Spanish-American War. Naval Historical Center
Gloucester 84k Photographed in 1898, probably at the end of the Spanish-American War.
U.S. Navy photo NH 53600		 Naval Historical Center
Gloucester 99k Anchored in U.S. waters circa summer 1898, showing her forward 6-pdr. gun and bow decorations. Original photograph was printed on a stereograph card, copyright 1899 by Strohmeyer & Wyman, New York.
Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985.
U.S. Navy photo NH 100294		 Naval Historical Center
Gloucester 44k Photo probably taken whilst serving with the New York State Naval Militia.
Photo from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships		 Robert Hurst
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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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