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Dorothea


Built in 1897 by Wiliam Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA; Acquired by the Navy, 21 May 1898;; Commissioned USS Dorothea, 1 June 1898; Decommissioned, 20 September 1898 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA; Recommissioned, 1 October 1900; Decommissioned, 24 October 1900; Loaned to the Illinois Naval Militia, May 1901; Transferred, 1909 to the Ohio State Militia; Recommissioned, 20 April 1917; Decommissioned, 23 June 1919 at New Orleans, LA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 20 November 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length unknown; Beam unknown; Draft unknown; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament unknown; Propulsion steam.
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Dorothea 103k One man submarine approaching Dorothea off the Florida coast. c. 1918. Richard Cleaveland

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