USS Severn (1899)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chesapeake and USS Severn.
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.
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United States Naval Academy Midshipmen furl sails aboard the ship in her period as Naval Academy training ship 1900–10 | |
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Name | USS Chesapeake and USS Severn |
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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 |
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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 |
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