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Gunboat No. 6 / PG-6 Castine


Machias Class Gunboat: Laid down at Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine; Launched 11 May 1892; Commissioned USS Castine (Gunboat No. 6) , 22 October 1894; Decommissioned 8 October 1901 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia PA; Recommissioned 13 November 1903; Decommissioned 23 September 1905 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth NH; Recommissioned 5 October 1908; Decommissioned 28 August 1919 at New Orleans Navy Yard, New Orleans LA; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Sold 5 August 1921; Final Disposition sunk by collision 12 December 1924.

Specifications: Displacement 1,177 t; Length 204'; Beam 32' 1"; Draft 14'; Speed 15.5 kts; Complement 154; Armament eight 4" gun mounts, four 6-pdrs, four 1-pdrs; Propulsion, steam and sail.
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