USS Severn (1899)

	United States Naval Academy Midshipmen furl sails aboard the ship in her period as Naval Academy training ship 1900–10
History
United States
Name	USS Chesapeake and USS Severn
Namesake	The Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia; The Severn River in Maryland;
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	2 August 1898
Launched	30 June 1899
Sponsored by	Miss Elise Bradford
Commissioned	12 April 1900
Decommissioned	3 October 1916 (final time)
Renamed	USS Severn, 15 June 1905
Reclassified	submarine tender 1910
Fate	Sold 7 December 1916
General characteristics
Type	Training ship (1900–10); Submarine tender (1910–16);
Displacement	1,175 long tons (1,194 t)
Length	224 ft 3 in (68.35 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails plus auxiliary steam power
Sail plan	Three-masted full-rigged ship
Complement	As training ship:; 113 crew and 122 midshipmen;
Armament	6 × 4 inches (100 mm) guns; 4 × 6-pounder guns; 2 × 1-pounder guns;

The third USS Chesapeake and second USS Severn was a three-masted, sheathed, wooden-hulled full-rigged ship with auxiliary steam power in commission in the United States Navy during most of the period between 1900 and 1916.