USS Newport (PG-12)
USS Newport and USS Ohio in Dry Dock No. 2 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 10 August 1915 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Newport |
| Namesake | Newport and Newport County, Rhode Island |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | March 1896 |
| Launched | 5 December 1896 |
| Commissioned | 5 October 1897 |
| Decommissioned | 7 September 1898 |
| Recommissioned | 1 May 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 1 December 1902 |
| Recommissioned | 15 May 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 17 November 1906 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 12 October 1931 |
| Fate | Served a training ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Annapolis-class gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,153 long tons (1,172 t) |
| Length | 204 ft 5 in (62.31 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Installed power | 800 ihp (597 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.8 kn (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Complement | 156 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Newport (Gunboat No.12/PG-12/IX-19) was a United States Navy gunboat. She was laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine in March 1896, launched on 5 December 1896, sponsored by Miss Frances La Farge, and commissioned on 5 October 1897, Comdr. B. F. Tilley in command.