USS Nina
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USS Nina was a United States Navy steamer commissioned in 1866. She served in a variety of roles—as a tug, torpedo boat, torpedo boat tender, salvage ship, supply ship, and submarine tender—before she sank in a storm in 1910.
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United States | |
Name | USS Nina |
Namesake | Christopher Columbus's ship Niña |
Builder | Reaney, Son & Archbold, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Yard number | 38 |
Laid down | 1864 |
Launched | 27 May 1865 |
Acquired | 26 September 1865 |
Commissioned | 6 January 1866 |
Decommissioned | ca. May 1869 |
Recommissioned | 31 March 1870 |
Decommissioned | ca. 1902 |
Recommissioned | 8 October 1902 |
Decommissioned | 21 March 1903 |
In service | 21 March 1903–9 September 1905 (non-commissioned) |
Recommissioned | 9 September 1905 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Palos-class tug |
Type | Screw steamer |
Displacement | 420 tons |
Length | 137 ft (42 m) |
Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3 m) |
Speed | 10.35 knots (19.17 km/h; 11.91 mph) |
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