USS Shearwater (1887)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Shearwater.
USS Shearwater was a schooner acquired by the United States Navy in 1889. She served the Navy until 1898, when she was loaned to Pennsylvania as a training ship. She remained in service in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, until struck and sold in 1908.
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Name | Shearwater |
Namesake | Any of numerous oceanic birds related to the petrels and albatrosses that usually skim close to the waves in flight |
Owner | H. R. Wolcott |
Builder | Hawthorne and Company at Leith, Scotland |
Completed | in 1887 |
Acquired | by the United States Navy on 9 May 1889 |
In service | 31 December 1898 (as a training ship) |
Out of service | 24 April 1908 |
Stricken | 24 April 1908 |
Fate | Sold in 1908 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Schooner |
Propulsion | Schooner sail |
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