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PY-4 Vixen
Built in 1896 at Elizabethport, New Jersey, for private use. Acquired by the Navy in April 1898; Commissioned USS Vixen, 1898. Vixen served off Cuba during the Spanish-American War and participated in the Battle of Santiago. Following that conflict, Vixen operated in the Caribbean area for several years, and then became a Naval Militia training ship. In World War I, she was a patrol ship off the U.S. east coast and later served in the West Indies. Classified as (PY-4) in 1920, Vixen was decommissioned in November 1922; Final Disposition, sold in June 1923.
Specifications: Displacement 806 t.
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c. 1898 NR & L(O) photo # 605 |
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There is no DANFS history available for Vixen (PY-4) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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