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Reina Mercedes
History
United States
Name
Reina Mercedes
Namesake
Spanish Navy name retained; Queen Mercedes of Orléans (1860–1878) was the first wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain
Builder
Naval shipyard Cartagena, Spain
Launched
12 September 1887
Commissioned
17 July 1920
Decommissioned
6 November 1957
Stricken
6 September 1957
Homeport
Newport, Rhode Island
Annapolis, Maryland
Nickname(s)
"Fastest Ship in the Fleet"
Captured
17 July 1898
Fate
Sold for scrapping
Notes
Served in the Spanish Navy as an unprotected cruiser from 1887 to 1898
General characteristics
Class and type
Alfonso XII-class unprotected cruiser
In U.S. Navy service, a non-self-propelled receiving ship
Displacement
2,835 – 3,090 tons
Length
278 ft (85 m) (between perpendiculars)
292 ft (89 m) (overall)
Beam
43 ft 3 in (13.18 m)
Draught
21 ft 11 in (6.68 m) (mean)
Propulsion
non-self-propelled in U.S. Navy service
Complement
91
Armament
none in U.S. Navy service
Armor
none
Notes
Disarmed after capture and salvage by U.S. Navy; recommissioned as a non-self-propelled ship.
USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25) was an unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which was captured in Cuba in 1898 by the U.S. Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was refurbished and used by the U.S. Navy as a non-self-propelled receiving ship at Newport, Rhode Island, and subsequently as a detention vessel and barracks ship for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, until 1957.
For an article on the technical characteristics and operational history of Reina Mercedes as a Spanish cruiser, see Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes.
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