USS Mariveles

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History
United States
Name	Mariveles
Builder	Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong
Laid down	1886
Acquired	by purchase, 1898
Commissioned	17 June 1899
Decommissioned	8 August 1901
Stricken	8 June 1908
Fate	Sold, 2 January 1909
General characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	170 long tons (170 t)
Length	99 ft 9 in (30.40 m)
Beam	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Speed	7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement	27 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) gun 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns 2 × machine guns

The first USS Mariveles was a gunboat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War.

A former Spanish unarmored gunboat, Mariveles was laid down in 1886 by Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, Hong Kong; purchased by the War Department in 1898; transferred to the Navy on 2 May 1899; and commissioned 17 June 1899, Lt. (jg.) J. W. Oman in command.