USS Samar (PG-41)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Samar |
Namesake | Samar, an island in the Philippines |
Acquired | 9 November 1898 |
Commissioned | 26 May 1899 |
Decommissioned | 6 September 1920 |
Fate | Sold on 11 January 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 243 tons |
Length | 121 ft |
Beam | 17 ft 10 in |
Draft | 7 ft 6 in |
Speed | 10.5 knots |
Complement | 28 |
Armament |
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USS Samar (PG-41) was a
Spanish career
Samar was launched in November 1887 by the Manila Ship Co.,
US career
Philippines
Following local operations out of Manila that summer, Samar patrolled off
Recommissioned on 19 June 1902, Lt. Montgomery M. Taylor in command, Samar steamed south to
Yangtze service
Recommissioned on 11 March 1908, Ensign Reed M. Fawell in command, Samar was assigned to the
In late 1909 the gunboat changed station to
Final years
Samar remained on the China Station throughout World War I, then, in July 1919, was placed on the disposal list at Shanghai following a collision with a Yangtze river steamer that damaged her bow. A year later, she was designated PG-41, but was ordered inspected and appraised for sale the same day, 17 July 1920. The following month she returned to Cavite, where she was decommissioned on 6 September 1920 and sold on 11 January 1921.
See also
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
External links
- Photo gallery at navsource.org