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Castine

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
PG5	Machias	2	Bath Iron Wks	2.1891	8.12.1891	7.1893	to Mexico 10.1920 (Agua Prieta)
PG6	Castine	3	Bath Iron Wks	2.1891	11.5.1892	10.1894	sold 8.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1177
Displacement full, t	1318
Length, m	62.2
Breadth, m	9.77
Draught, m	3.66 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	1900
Max speed, kts	15.5
Fuel, t	coal 250 - 290
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	gun sponsons: 51
Armament	PG5: 8 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 4 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 4 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I PG6: 8 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 6 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 4 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I
Complement	154

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Project history

Authorized under the Act of 2.3.1889. Cut in half and lengthened by 4.3m to correct instability, this class consisted of single-funnelled, two-masted ships, usually rated as sloops outside the USA.

Ship protection

Two of the 102mm guns were fore and aft, while six were in main deck sponsons with 51mm protection.

Modernizations

1905, Machias: - 5 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 1 - 37/40

1905, Castine: - 2 x 1 - 57/50, 2 x 1 - 37/40

1911, Machias: + 5 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II

1914, Machias: - 2 x 1 - 57/50

1914, Castine: - 6 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 1 - 37/40; + 2 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III

1918, Machias: - 8 x 1 - 102/40, 2 x 1 - 57/50, 2 x 1 - 37/40; + 4 x 1 - 102/50 Mk IX

Naval service

Castine served as a submarine tender 1908-1913, and the 102mm guns were eventually reduced to two or four in both, and they were reboilered with Normand boilers. Machias was named Agua Prieta by the Mexicans and disposed of in 1935.