kirk23 -> RE: USA ship art (12/3/2011 1:29:17 PM)
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Photo of the USS PANTHER Armed Merchant Cruiser. [image]local://upfiles/36378/DABE6B0ACB044528A070801CAEE99C12.gif[/image] Name: USS Panther Builder: William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia Laid down: 1889 as SS Venezuela[1] Acquired: by purchase, 12 April 1898 Commissioned: 22 April 1898, as USS Panther Decommissioned: 20 October 1899 Recommissioned: 19 June 1902 Decommissioned: 21 October 1903 Recommissioned: 8 November 1907 Decommissioned: May 1922 Reclassified: AD-6, 1920 Fate: Sold, 24 March 1923 General characteristics Type: Auxiliary cruiser Displacement: 4,260 long tons (4,328 t) Length: 324 ft 4 in (98.86 m) Beam: 40 ft 6 in (12.34 m) Draft: 18 ft 2.5 in (5.550 m) Propulsion: Steam engine Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) Armament: • 6 × 5 in (130 mm) guns • 2 × 4 in (100 mm) guns • 6 × 3-pounder guns • 1 × Colt • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) howitzer
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