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Dorothea

Dorothea served the U. S. Navy plus the Illinois and Ohio State Naval Militia.
Gunboat: Built in 1897 by Wiliam Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA; Acquired by the Navy, 21 May 1898; Commissioned 1 June 1898; Decommissioned 20 September 1898 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA; Recommissioned, 1 October 1900; Decommissioned, 24 October 1900; Loaned to the Illinois Naval Militia in May 1901; Transferred in 1909 to the Ohio State Militia; Recommissioned, 20 April 1917; Decommissioned, 23 June 1919 at New Orleans, LA; Sold 20 November 1919 to August Grimaldi of New Orleans; Abandoned and scrapped in 1927.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 182.33'; Beam 23.42'; Draft 11.42'; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament unknown; Propulsion steam.

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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
Dorothea 94k In port, 1898.
U.S. Navy photo NH 58839		 Naval Historical Center
Dorothea 63k Photo probably taken during her service with the Ohio State Naval Militia.
Photo from the 1919 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships		 Robert Hurst
Dorothea 79k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Dorothea 103k c. 1918
One man submarine approaching Dorothea off the Florida coast.		 Richard Cleaveland
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