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==Construction==
==Construction==
Launched on 24 August, 1881 by [[Robert Duncan & Company|Robert Duncan & Co.]] as the ''Lamington''.  Purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] and renamed ''Sterling'' on 16 April, 1898.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}
Launched on 24 August, 1881 by [[Robert Duncan & Company]] as the ''Lamington'', she was purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] and renamed ''Sterling'' on 16 April, 1898.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 132}}


==Service==
==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 {{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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==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 20:02, 13 June 2018

U.S.S. Sterling (1881)
Builder: Robert Duncan & Company[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 & Company as the Lamington, she was 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.

Armament

1898

[13]

  • two 6-pounders

1918

[14]

  • four 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  9. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  10. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  11. ↑ NavSource: USS Sterling
  12. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  13. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
  14. ↑ 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.



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