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Naval History and Heritage Command

List of Ships to be Based at Gibraltar

[London, England, before 8 August 1917]

Ship.

Displace-ment.

Radius(miles)

Draft.

Speed

Approx. date due at Gibraltar

Birmingham}

Chester   }

Salem     }

 

Sacramento

 

 

Nashville }

Castine   }

Machias   }

Wheeling  }

Marietta  }

Paducah   }

 

Yankton

 

Nahma

 

 

 

Tampa     }

Algonquin }

Seneca    }

Manning   }

Ossipee   }

Yamacraw  }

 

 

Chauncey  }

Barry     }

Bainbridge}

Dale      }

Decatur   }

 

3,500

 

 

1,100

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

900

 

900

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 450

 

4,000

 

 

7,000

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

2,500

 

2,500

 

 

 

 

 

3,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,500

 

18 ft.

 

 

12 ft.

 

 

 

 

12 ft.

 

 

 

 

15 ft.

 

16 ft.

 

 

 

 

 

13 ft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 ft.

 

24 k.

 

 

12 k.

 

 

 

 

10 k.

 

 

 

 

9 k.

 

10 k.

 

 

 

 

 

12 k.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23 k.

Light Cruisers

2 -5” guns.

 

New gunboat-

good ship

 

 

 

Old gunboats-

speed reduced

in seaway.

(Marietta’s

date indefini

Yacht

 

Yacht,fitting

out at Glasgow

 

Coastguard

gunboats,good

sea boats,

good crews,

much better

then old

gunboats.

 

 

 

Old destroyers.

coal burning

 

 

Sept. 1st

  "   1st

Indefinite

 

Aug. 8-10.

 

 

Aug. 15-20

 "    "

Aug. 15-20

Aug. 30

 "   "

 "   "

te

Sept. 5.

 

Sept. 15.

 

 

 

 

 

Sept.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct.1st.

Source Note: DT, UK-KeNA, Adm. 137/1437. The list is undated; the date was taken from the earliest date on which a ship was scheduled to arrive at Gibraltar. As the preparer of the list did not note that any U.S. vessels were yet at Gibraltar, this list must have been generated before 8 August. The place is derived from the fact that the list was prepared for the British Admiralty.

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