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Gunboat No. 12 / PG-12 / IX-19 Newport


Annapolis Class Gunboat: Laid down, March 1896 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched, 5 December 1896; Commissioned USS Newport (Gunboat No. 12), 5 October 1897; Redesignated PG-12, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel IX-19, 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, steam and sail.
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Newport 87k US 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

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