USS Yorktown (PG-1)

History
USS Yorktown, c. 1890–1901
United States
Name:	USS Yorktown
Namesake:	Battle of Yorktown
Awarded:	1885
Builder:	William Cramp and Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down:	14 May 1887
Launched:	28 April 1888
Sponsored by:	Miss Mary Cameron
Completed:	19 March 1889
Commissioned:	23 April 1889
Decommissioned:	8 December 1897
Recommissioned:	17 November 1898
Decommissioned:	17 June 1903
Recommissioned:	1 October 1906
Decommissioned:	15 July 1912
Recommissioned:	1 April 1913
Decommissioned:	12 June 1919
Fate:	sold, 30 September 1921;broken up at Oakland, California
General characteristics
Class and type:	Yorktown-class gunboat
Displacement:	1,710 long tons (1,740 t) 1,910 long tons (1,940 t) (fully loaded)
Length:	244 ft 5 in (74.50 m) (oa) 230 ft (70 m) (wl) 226 feet (69 m) (lpp)
Beam:	36 ft (11 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	2 × horizontally mounted triple-expansion steam engines, 3,400 ihp (2,500 kW) 2 × screw propellers 4 × railroad boilers
Sail plan:	three-masted schooner rig with a total sail area of 6,300 sq ft (590 m²)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Endurance:	3,443 nautical miles @ 10 knots (6,376 km @ 19 km/h)
Complement:	191 officers and enlisted
Armament:	6 × 6-inch (152 mm)/30 caliber Mark 3 guns 2 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.24 in)) guns 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 2 × .30 in (7.6 mm) machine guns
Armor:	deck: 0.375 inches (9.5 mm) conning tower: 2 inches (51 mm)

USS Yorktown (Gunboat No. 1/PG-1) was lead ship of her class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Yorktown.

Yorktown was laid down by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia in May 1887 and launched in April 1888. She was just over 244 feet (74 m) long and 36 feet (11 m) abeam, and displaced 1,710 long tons (1,740 t). She was equipped with two steam engines which were supplemented with three schooner-rigged masts. The ship's main battery consisted of six 6-inch (15.2 cm) guns and was augmented by an assortment of smaller-caliber guns.

At launch, Yorktown joined the Squadron of Evolution of "New Navy" steel-hulled ships. Detached from that squadron, Yorktown, under the command of Robley D. Evans, sailed to Valparaíso, Chile, during the 1891 Baltimore Crisis and relieved USS Baltimore at that port. After that situation was resolved, Yorktown took part in the joint British–American sealing patrol in Alaskan waters and duty on the Asiatic Station before returning to the United States in 1898. Yorktown was out of commission during the Spanish–American War, but took part in actions in the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion in 1899 and 1900, respectively, after she had been recommissioned.

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