U.S.S. VESUVIUS (1888)

She was the third ship of the U.S. Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns.

She was laid down in Sept. 1887 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons, subcontracted from the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Co. of New York City. She was launched on 28 April 1888 and commissioned on 2 June 1890.

She was a 930 long tons ship with length of 246.3' and beam of 26.6' and draft of 9'. 21 knots, complement of 70 officers and enlisted.

Sold for scrapping after stricken 21 April 1922.

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