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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: USS Bennington, USAT Buford, USS Concord, Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov, Carrier Dove, Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, Miztec, RMS Empress of Japan, USS Rainbow, RMS Empress of China, RMS Empress of India, RMS Dunottar Castle, USS Newark, SS Stella, Bailey Gatzert, Japanese cruiser Matsushima, SS Furst Bismarck, SS Monarch, SS La Touraine, HMS Philomel, USS Saturn, USS Ajax, Italian battleship Sardegna, Japanese cruiser Chiyoda, SS Maverick, Altona, List of ship launches in 1890, Japanese cruiser Chishima, USS Mohican, Hesper, USS Hornet, USS Walter Adams, HMS Apollo, USS Cushing, SMS Beowulf, HMS Blenheim, SS Fazilka, SS Komagata Maru, SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth, USS Prairie, USS Eagle, Kings County, HMS Wallaroo, Chilean ship Almirante Lynch, USS L. A. Dempsey, Greek battleship Psara, USS Gypsum Queen, Brazillian cruiser Almirante Tamandare, French battleship Magenta, HNLMS Sumatra, Benjamin C. Cromwell, HMS Edgar, HMS Sirius, Danube, HMS Andromache, HMS Thetis, USLHT Marigold, SS Virawa. Excerpt: USS Bennington (Gunboat No. 4/PG-43) was a member of the Yorktown class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the town of Bennington, Vermont, site of the Battle of Bennington in the American Revolutionary War. The contract to build Bennington was awarded to N. F. Palmer & Co. of Philadelphia in November 1887. Her hull was subcontracted to the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works which laid down Benningtons keel in June 1888. Bennington was launched in June 1890. She was just over 244 feet (74 m) long and 36 feet (11 m) abeam and displaced 1,710 long tons (1,740 t). She was equipped with two steam engines which were supplemented with three schooner-rigged masts. The ship's main batt...
