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USS Bennington (Gunboat # 4), 1891-1910

USS Bennington, a 1700-ton gunboat of the Yorktown class, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, and commissioned in June 1891. She initially served in the Atlantic and European areas, and was transferred to the Pacific in 1894. Her active service was ended by a deadly boiler explosion at San Diego, California, on 21 July 1905. Bennington was not repaired after this tragedy, and was sold in November 1910.

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Photo #: NH 82133 USS Bennington (PG-4) In San Francisco Bay, California, circa 1894-98. Courtesy of Myles DeSomer, 1975. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 58,633 bytes; 740 x 510 pixels
Photo #: NH 100931-KN (Color) USS Bennington (PG-4) In drydock at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, circa 1894-98. The original photograph was published on a color-tinted postcard by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco. Courtesy of Ed Coffer, 1986. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 77,895 bytes; 740 x 490 pixels

24 September 1998