USS Dolphin 



A gunboat built in 1885 by John Roach and Sons of Chester, 

 Pennsylvania. The first of the ships of the "New Navy" to be 

 completed. Dolphin deployed on an around-the-world cruise 

 which ended at New York in September 1889. Assigned to the 

 Special Service Squadron, she made surveying expeditions to 

 Guatemala (1896), Venezuela (1899 - 1900), and Santo 

 Domingo (1902). The following years were occupied on patrol 

 and dispatch duty and protection of American interests. Decom- 

 missioned in 1921, Dolphin was sold the following year. 



Length: 256' 6" Displacement: 1,486 tons 



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