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The third USS ''Petrel'' (PG-2) was a 4th rate gunboat in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. She was named for a sea bird. ''Petrel'' was laid down on 27 August 1887, built by the Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock Company in Baltimore, Maryland; launched on 13 October 1888; and commissioned 10 December 1889, with Lieutenant Commander W. H. Bronson in command. == Service in the Pacific == Assigned to the North Atlantic Station, ''Petrel'' continued with it until September 1891, when ordered to the Asiatic Squadron where she was to serve until 1911. Steaming north in May 1894, she reported at Unalaska, in July to operate with the Bering Sea patrol to discourage seal poaching. In July, she operated off the Pribilof Islands; and in August she returned to the Asiatic station. Withdrawing from Hong Kong in April 1898, ''Petrel'' became part of George Dewey's fleet in the campaign against Manila. On 1 May, after Dewey’s squadron had defeated the heavy Spanish ships in the first engagement of the Spanish-American War, ''Petrel'' entered the inner harbor and lowered a boat to destroy six Spanish ships there. (For more detailed information, see Battle of Manila Bay.) ''Petrel'' then steamed to the navy yard at Cavite and forced its surrender. Sent into Cavite to destroy any Spanish ships seeking refuge there on 2 May, ''Petrel'' sent a party ashore which seized the arsenal at Cavite and returned with 2 tugs, and , plus 3 additional launches. ''Petrel'' continued operations in the Philippines throughout 1898 and 1899. She joined in shelling Panay Island on 11 February 1899; on the 22nd, a force of 48 men from ''Petrel'' occupied Cebu. In October, ''Petrel'' joined in supporting the Marine Corps assault on Neveleta by bombarding ahead of the advancing Marine column. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Petrel (PG-2)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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