USS Newport (PG-12)

USS Newport and USS Ohio in Dry Dock No. 2 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 10 August 1915
History
United States
Name	USS Newport
Namesake	Newport and Newport County, Rhode Island
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	March 1896
Launched	5 December 1896
Commissioned	5 October 1897
Decommissioned	7 September 1898
Recommissioned	1 May 1900
Decommissioned	1 December 1902
Recommissioned	15 May 1903
Decommissioned	17 November 1906
Reclassified	PG-12, 17 July 1920 IX-19, 1 July 1921
Stricken	12 October 1931
Fate	Served a training ship
General characteristics
Type	Annapolis-class gunboat
Displacement	1,153 long tons (1,172 t)
Length	204 ft 5 in (62.31 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Installed power	800 ihp (597 kW)[1]
Propulsion	1 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engine[1] 2 × Babcock boilers[1] 1 × screw
Speed	12.8 kn (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph)
Complement	156 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × 6-pounder guns

USS Newport (Gunboat No.12/PG-12/IX-19) was a United States Navy gunboat. She was laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine in March 1896, launched on 5 December 1896, sponsored by Miss Frances La Farge, and commissioned on 5 October 1897, Comdr. B. F. Tilley in command.