USS Machias (PG-5)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Machias.
The first USS Machias (PG-5), a schooner-rigged gunboat, was laid down in February 1891 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. She was launched on 8 December 1891. She was sponsored by Miss Ethel Hyde, daughter of President Hyde of Bath Iron Works and commissioned at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 20 July 1893, Commander Charles J. Train in command.
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Name | USS Machias |
Namesake | Machias, Maine |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | February 1891 |
Launched | 8 December 1891 |
Christened | Sponsored by Miss Ethel Hyde, daughter of President Hyde of Bath Iron Works |
Commissioned | 20 July 1893 |
Decommissioned | 3 October 1919 |
Reclassified | PG-5, 17 July 1920 |
Homeport | Various |
Fate | Sold to Mexico, 29 October 1920 |
Mexico | |
Name | Agua Prieta |
Acquired | 29 October 1920 |
Fate | Disposed of, 1935 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,177 tons |
Length | 204 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 1 in (9.78 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × horizontal triple-expansion engines, 3405 hp, steam and sail, two shafts |
Speed | 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Complement | 154 |
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