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Albatross
Built in March 1882 as a marine research vessel by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, DE; Launched, 19 August 1882; Commissioned USS Albatross, 11 November 1882; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Cruiser, 21 April 1898; Reverted back to a Research Vessel, 8 September 1898; Reclassified as a Gunboat, 19 November 1917; Reverted back to a Research Vessel, 23 June 1919; Decommissioned, 29 October 1921; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold, 16 June 1924 to Thomas Butler and Co., Boston, MA. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 638 t; Length 234'; Beam 27' 6"; Draft 16' 9"; Speed 10 kts; Complement 110; Armament (as a Research Vessel - none), (as an Auxiliary Cruiser - two 20-pounders, two 37-mm guns, one 53-mm gun, and two Gatling guns), (as a Gunboat - four 6-pounders and one Colt automatic gun); Propulsion steam, two shafts.
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Caribbean. c. 1918. |
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