USS Mariveles (1886)

USS Mariveles (1886)

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.

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