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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

armed yachts of Spanish-American war 1898

more than 1000 t of displacement:

No Name Launched // Comm. Builder Displacement, t Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, power, hp Armament Fate
PY1 Mayflower 1896 // 3.1898 J & G Thompson, Clydebank, UK 2690 83.2x11.0x5.3 16.8 2VTE, 4700 2-127/40, 12-57/40 sold 1931

100 - 1000 t of displacement:

Dorothea (1897, 594, 6.1898 - 1919); Eagle (1890, 850, 4.1898 - 1920); Gloucester (1891, 786, 4.1898 - 1919); PY2 Hawk (1891, 545, 4.1898 - 1940); Hornet (1890, 425, 4.1898 - 1910); PY3 Scorpion (1896, 850, 4.1898 - 1929); PY4 Vixen (1896, 806, 4.1898 - 1923); Wasp (1898, 630, 4.1898 - 1920)

Project history: Private yachts, purchased by Navy in days of Spanish-American war.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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