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− | Two '''''Harvard'' class auxiliary cruisers''' were International Navigation Company liners charted by the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898 as [[ | + | Two '''''Harvard'' class auxiliary cruisers''' were International Navigation Company liners charted by the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898 as [[Armed Merchant Cruiser]]s. |
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==Construction== | ==Construction== | ||
+ | Clipper bowed, with three masts and three funnels.{{Conways1860|p. 168}} | ||
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launch=15 3 1888{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 33}} | launch=15 3 1888{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 33}} |
Latest revision as of 17:09, 9 April 2018
Two Harvard class auxiliary cruisers were International Navigation Company liners charted by the U.S. Navy in 1898 as Armed Merchant Cruisers.
Overview of two vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Commissioned | Fate |
Harvard | J. & G. Thomson | 15 Mar, 1888 | Apr 1898 | 26 Apr, 1898 | Returned 2 Sep, 1898 |
Yale | J. & G. Thomson | 23 Oct, 1888 | 27 Apr, 1898 | 2 May, 1898 | Returned 2 Sep, 1898 |
Construction
Clipper bowed, with three masts and three funnels.[1]
Armament
Harvard
- eight 5-inch/50 caliber
- eight 6-pounders
Yale
- eight 5-inch/40 caliber
- four 3-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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