USS Alliance (1875)
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The second USS Alliance was a screw gunboat that was in service from 1877–1911 with the United States Navy.
Gunboat of the United States Navy
 USS Alliance | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Alliance |
| Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Launched | 8 March 1875 |
| Commissioned | 18 January 1877 |
| Decommissioned | 7 July 1911 |
| Stricken | 9 August 1911 |
| Fate | Hulk was "disposed of" |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw gunboat |
| Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
| Length | 185 ft (56 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) |
| Speed | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Armament |
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Laid down as Huron, a screw gunboat of the third rate, in 1873 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Alliance was launched on 8 March 1875. She was sponsored by Miss Eulalie Boush, whose father, Naval Constructor George R. Boush, was superintending the warship's construction. However, before Huron joined the fleet, she was renamed Alliance to honor the Revolutionary War frigate. Ultimately, Alliance was commissioned on 18 January 1877.