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The U.S. Navy wasted no time in employing the ''Sterling'', and she was commissioned on day of her purchase, 16 April, 1898, with {{CommUS}} [[Robert E. Impey]] in command.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}} | The U.S. Navy wasted no time in employing the ''Sterling'', and she was commissioned on day of her purchase, 16 April, 1898, with {{CommUS}} [[Robert Elijah Impey|Robert E. Impey]] in command.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}} | ||
Sold on 15 September, 1919 to F. & H. Starr of New York City. She was resold the same year to the Anglo-South American Bank of Valparaiso, Chile and renamed ''Llai Llai'', under Chilean registration. ''Llai Llai'' was lost in a collision with the armoured cruiser ''[[O'Higgins (1897)|O'Higgins]]'' while both ships were in Iquique harbor on 11 March, 1920.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/02/0297.htm NavSource: USS Sterling]</ref> | Sold on 15 September, 1919 to F. & H. Starr of New York City. She was resold the same year to the Anglo-South American Bank of Valparaiso, Chile and renamed ''Llai Llai'', under Chilean registration. ''Llai Llai'' was lost in a collision with the armoured cruiser ''[[O'Higgins (1897)|O'Higgins]]'' while both ships were in Iquique harbor on 11 March, 1920.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}<ref>[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/02/0297.htm NavSource: USS Sterling]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:20, 26 January 2017
| U.S.S. Sterling (1881) | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Robert Duncan & Co.[1] |
| Purchased: | 16 Apr, 1898[2] |
| Launched: | 24 Aug, 1881[3] |
| Commissioned: | 16 Apr, 1898[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 7 Jul, 1919[5] |
| Stricken: | 3 Aug, 1919[6] |
| Sold: | 15 Sep, 1919[7] |
U.S.S. Sterling was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898.
Construction
Launched on 24 August, 1881 by Robert Duncan & Co. as the Lamington. Purchased by the U.S. Navy and renamed Sterling on 16 April, 1898.[8]
Service
The U.S. Navy wasted no time in employing the Sterling, and she was commissioned on day of her purchase, 16 April, 1898, with Commander Robert E. Impey in command.[9]
Sold on 15 September, 1919 to F. & H. Starr of New York City. She was resold the same year to the Anglo-South American Bank of Valparaiso, Chile and renamed Llai Llai, under Chilean registration. Llai Llai was lost in a collision with the armoured cruiser O'Higgins while both ships were in Iquique harbor on 11 March, 1920.[10][11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Robert E. Impey, 16 April, 1898[12]
Armament
1898
- two 6-pounders
1918
- four 6-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ NavSource: USS Sterling
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
