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USS Cheyenne

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal
Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Samuel Pregnall, Charleston, SC1
  • Laid down, date unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Completed as wood-hull steam tug Bristol (ON 3317), 1885
  • Purchased by Navy for $6500, 08 July 1898
  • Commissioned USS Cheyenne 30 July 1898, Lieutnant G. H. Swan commanding
  • Assigned to Naval Auxiliary Force, operated off Florida coast, July-August 1898
  • Decommissioned at Port Royal, SC, 29 August 1898
  • Sold to G.D. Kuper & Bros., New York, NY for $1690 and renamed Jacob Kuper, 14 November 1900
  • Final disposition, burned and sank after boiler exploded off Robbins Reef, NY, 13 August 1902
    1. DANFS misspells the builder as "Sam Paegnell," one of many small errors being perpetuating as Wikipedia uses it as a primary source.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 76 tons displacement
    Length 96' 10" overall
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft 9' 6"
    Speed 11 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion steam
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    DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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