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Gunboat Sandoval

Sandoval served both the U. S. Navy and the New York State Naval Militia.
Alverado Class Gunboat: Built in 1895 by the Clydebank Engine and Shipbuilding Co., Clydebank Scotland for the Spanish Navy; Launched 20 September 1895; Captured 17 July 1898 by U.S. Navy at Santiago de Cuba; Commissioned 2 September 1898; Decommissioned 10 May 1899; Recommissioned 14 October 1900; Decommissioned 22 March 1906; Loaned to New York State Naval Militia 16 November 1906; Struck from the Navy Register 23 July 1919; Sold 30 September 1919 to Charles S. Neff of Milwaukee, WI; Rebuilt in 1920 and registered as a yacht; Registered in 1924 as a freighter; Sold in 1927 to William C. Temme of Kiel, WI; Abandoned in Kinnikinik River, Milwaukee in 1932.

Specifications: Displacement 106 t; Length 116' 10"; Beam 15' 6"; Draft 6' 3"; Speed 19 kts; Complement 21; Armament two 3-pounders and two Colt machine guns.

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USS Sandoval
Sandoval 77k Photographed in 1898, shortly after entering U.S. Navy service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44246		 Naval Historical Center
Sandoval 51k Photo probably taken whilst serving with the New York State Naval Militia.
Photo by Miller from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships		 Robert Hurst
Sandoval
Sandoval 78k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
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