USS Nashville (PG-7)
USS Nashville at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 8 January 1898.
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| Name: | USS Nashville |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down: | 9 August 1894 |
| Launched: | 19 October 1895 |
| Commissioned: | 19 August 1897 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 October 1918 |
| Fate: | Sold, 20 October 1921 |
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| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 1,371 long tons (1,393 t) |
| Length: | 233 ft 8 in (71.22 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 1 in (11.61 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,500 ihp (1,860 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Screw steamer |
| Speed: | 16.3 kn (30.2 km/h; 18.8 mph) |
| Complement: | 180 officers and enlisted |
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USS Nashville (PG-7), a gunboat, was the only ship of its class. It was the first of three ships of the United States Navy to hold the name Nashville.
Nashville (PG-7) was laid down on 9 August 1894 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia; launched on 19 October 1895; sponsored by Miss Maria Guild, and commissioned on 19 August 1897, Commander Washburn Maynard in command.
Upon commissioning, Nashville joined the North Atlantic Fleet; and, as war with Spain became imminent after the sinking of the armored cruiser Maine, she was ordered to the Caribbean. She captured four Spanish vessels from 22 April-26 July 1898, and assisted in cutting the undersea telegraph cable just off the shore of Cienfuegos, where many of her sailors and Marines were honored with Medals of Honor.Nashville remained on duty off Cuba until the war's end.
The gunboat departed the Caribbean for duty in the Philippines on 14 October 1899, arriving at Manila on 31 December via the Suez Canal. Nashville provided gunfire support for American troops in campaigns against Filipino insurgents until June 1900. When the Boxer Rebellion erupted in China, Nashville departed Cavite on 8 June for China with a Marine Detachment embarked. She arrived at Taku on 18 June, disembarked the Marines assigned to the International Relief Expedition, and remained until the allied forces lifted the siege of Peking. After patrol duty off China, Nashville arrived at Cavite on 3 February 1901, where she based until July.
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