USS Reina Mercedes
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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USS Reina Mercedes
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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1898-07-17
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1920-07-17
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1957-11-06
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8.47344e+1
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1.31064e+1
ship launched
1887-09-12
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Sold for scrapping
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Ship armament
none in U.S. Navy service
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none
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Ship builder
Naval shipyard Cartagena, Spain
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United States
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Ship fate
Sold for scrapping
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Ship homeport
*Newport, Rhode Island
* Annapolis, Maryland
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Ship honours
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Naval Station Annapolis named in her honor
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Ship launched
1887-09-12
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Ship namesake
Spanish Navy name retained; Qu ...... e of King Alfonso XII of Spain
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Ship nickname
"Fastest Ship in the Fleet"
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Ship notes
Disarmed after capture and sal ...... as a non-self-propelled ship.
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Served in the Spanish Navy as an unprotected cruiser from 1887 to 1898
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Ship propulsion
non-self-propelled in U.S. Navy service
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Ship struck
1957-09-06
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*In Spanish service, an unprot ...... -self-propelled receiving ship
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"Fastest Ship in the Fleet"
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