USS Don Juan de Austria
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 United States
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| Name: | Don Juan de Austria |
| Namesake: | John of Austria (Spanish Navy name retained) |
| Builder: | Naval shipyard at Cartagena, Spain |
| Launched: | 23 January 1887 |
| Acquired: | Captured 1 May 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 11 April 1900 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 June 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 16 October 1919 |
| Notes: | Served in Spanish Navy from 1887 to 1898 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Velasco-class |
| Type: | Gunboat (ex-unprotected cruiser) |
| Displacement: | 1,015 tons |
| Length: | 215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) mean |
| Installed power: | 1,200 ihp (forced draft) |
| Propulsion: | 1-shaft horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers |
| Sail plan: | barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 153 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | none |
| Notes: | Coal 225 tons |
USS Don Juan de Austria was a U.S. Navy gunboat. Formerly a Spanish Navy unprotected cruiser, she was captured in 1898 during the Spanish–American War and commissioned into the U.S. Navy.
For her technical characteristics and operational history as a Spanish ship, see Spanish cruiser Don Juan de Austria.
USS Don Juan de Austria was built in 1887 at Cartagena, Spain, for the Spanish Navy. Sunk in shallow water on 1 May 1898 in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, she was raised from Manila Bay under contract and overhauled and refitted at Hong Kong. The 4.7-inch (120-mm) guns she had in Spanish service were replaced with 5-inch (127-mm) guns mounted in sponsons on her main deck. In later years, these in turn were replaced with four 4-inch (102-mm) guns. She was rigged as a barque and had one funnel.
USS Don Juan de Austria commissioned at Hong Kong on 11 April 1900, Commander T. C. McLean in command. From 5 June 1900 to 18 October 1900 Don Juan de Austria was anchored off Canton, China, to protect American interests during the Boxer Rebellion.
She sailed from Hong Kong 25 November 1900 and arrived at Cavite in the Philippine Islands on 28 November 1900. She was employed in the Philippines in general duties in connection with taking possession of the newly acquired territory, supporting U.S. Army operations against the insurgent native forces (see Philippine Revolution), transporting troops and stores, blockading insurgent supply routes, and seizing and searching various towns to ensure American control. Aside from a visit to Yokohama, Japan, from 1 June 1902 to 27 July 1902, she continued her duty in the pacification of the islands until 19 April 1903.
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