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Marietta (PG-15)



Call sign (1918):
George - Quack - Sail - Jig

Marietta (Gunboat No. 15)



Call sign (1912):
Nan - Jig - Quack


Marietta served both the U. S. Navy and the New Jersey State Naval Militia

Wheeling Class Gunboat:

  • Laid down 13 April 1896 by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
  • Launched 18 March 1897
  • Commissioned USS Marietta (Gunboat No. 15)1 September 1897
  • Decommissioned 6 May 1903 at Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
  • Recommissioned 11 February 1904
  • Decommissioned 21 January 1905 at League Island, PA
  • Recommissioned 14 May 1906
  • Turned over to New Jersey Naval Militia 27 May 1912
  • Designated PG-15 in 1918
  • Decommissioned 12 July 1919 at New Orleans, LA
  • Sold 25 March 1920
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 1,000 t.
    1914 - 990 t.
  • Length 189' 7"
  • Beam 34'
  • Draft 12'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 140
    1914 - 163
  • Armament: Six 4" gun mounts, one 3" gun mount, four 6-pounders, two 1-pounders and one Colt machine gun
    1905 - Six 4" rapid fire mounts, two 1-pounder rapid fire mounts and one .30 cal. Colt machine gun
    1911 - Six 4"/40 rapid fire mounts, four 6-pounder rapid fire mounts and two 1-pounder rapid fire mounts
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, two 518ihp vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Marietta 352k Picture postcard from the Hugh C. Leighton Co. of Portland, ME Tommy Trampp
    Marietta 210k c. 1895
    A 16' dinghy built by Mare Island for the Marietta
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 001-1895    		 Darryl Baker
    Marietta 184k c. 1895
    A 28' gig whaleboat built by Mare Island for the Marietta
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 002-1895
    Marietta 202k c. 1895
    A 26' cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 003-1895
    Marietta 227k c. 1895
    A 26' steam cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 004-1895
    Marietta 198k c. 1895
    A 28' steam cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 005-1895
    Marietta 244k c. 1895
    A 26' cutter built by Mare Island for the Marietta
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 006-1895
    Marietta 1.5mk

    Launching of Wheeling & Marietta at Union Iron Works, 18 March 1897.

    NHHC photo #NH75305
    Marietta 248k 21 September 1897
    Bow view of Marietta at Mare Island
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 001-9-1897
    Marietta 213k 16 October 1897
    Broadside view of Marietta in Mare Island channel
    U.S. Navy photo PG 15 001-10-1897
    Marietta 62k Photographed in 1897-98
    Copied from the Journal of Naval Cadet C.R. Miller, 1898, page 67
    U.S. Navy photo NH 46643    		 Naval Historical Center
    Marietta 110k c. June 1908
    Arriving at Curacao, Venezuela
    Library of Congress photo LC-B2-457-14    		 Mike Green
    Marietta 97k c. July 1910
    Courtesy U.S. Warships of World War I
    Marietta 64k Photo probably taken while serving with the New Jersey State Naval Militia
    Photo from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    Marietta 156k Ship's officers, 8 May 1914. They are (seated, left to right): Lieutenant George M. Baum; Commander William Pitt Scott; and Passed Assistant Paymaster Raymond E. Corcoran. (standing, left to right): Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Joseph S. Evans; Assistant Surgeon Thomas A. Fortescue; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Richmond K. Turner; Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Henry T. Markland; and Ensign Hugh V. McCabe
    Donation of Captain J. S. Evans, 1963
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 46308    		 Bill Gonyo
    Marietta 293k 31 May 1917
    Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
    With tug alongside. USS Constitution is to her right
    Library of Congress photo from National Museum of the U.S. Navy    		 Robert Hurst
    Marietta 441k 31 May 1917
    Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
    In midstream with tug alongside. An unidentified Gunboat is moored on the left and USS Constitution is to the right
    Library of Congress photo from National Museum of the U.S. Navy
    Marietta 424k c. 1918
    In European waters
    Photo courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR Frederick Martin Symonds, USN1 September 1897
    02CDR Edward Hickman Gheen, USN - USNA Class of 1867
    Retired as Rear Admiral    		20 June 1899 - 14 October 1899
    03LCDR John Newell Jordan, USN - USNA Class of 187614 October 1899
    04LCDR Samuel Willauer Black Diehl, USN - USNA Class of 187319 July 1901
    05CDR Henry Morrell, USN - USNA Class of 187311 February 1904 - 21 January 1905
    06CDR William Freeland Fullam, USN - USNA Class of 1877
    Retired as Rear Admiral    		14 May 1906
    07CDR William John Maxwell, USN - USNA Class of 188016 May 1908 - 4 June 1909
    08CDR George Franklin Cooper, USN - USNA Class of 18864 June 1909 - 10 November 1909
    09CDR Frank Kinsey Hill, USN - USNA Class of 188410 November 1909 - 17 March 1911
    10LT Gaston DePaz Johnstone, USN17 March 1911 - 31 August 1912
    11Chief Boatswain George Edgar McHugh, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1919)
    Retired as Lieutenant    		31 August 1912 - 1914
    12CDR William Pitt Scott, USN - USNA Class of 18941914 - 21 May 1915
    13LCDR Charles Clifford Windsor, USN - USNA Class of 1907
    Awarded the Navy Cross (1918) - Retired as Lieutenant Commander    		1918 - October 1918
    14CDR Harry Gabriel Hamlet, USCG - Awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal
    Commandant of the Coast Guard (1932) - Retired as Vice Admiral    		October 1918 - 12 July 1919
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
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