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NavSource Online: Gunboat Photo Archive
Governor Russell
Auxiliary Gunboat:
Laid down in 1898 by William McKie, East Boston, MA
Launched in 1898
Acquired by the Navy 11 May 1898
Commissioned 24 June 1898
Decommissioned 28 September 1898
Struck from the Navy list 3 July 1899
Fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 485 t.
Length 157'
Beam 57'
Draft 9' 4"
Speed 12 kts.
Complement 58
Armament: One 5"/40 mount, one 3" mount, four 3-pounders and one Hotchkiss gun.
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Namesake:
William Eustis Russell (January 6, 1857 – July 16, 1896) was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Cambridge, and was the 37th Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1891 to 1894. He was the state's youngest ever chief executive, and was the first Democrat since the American Civil War to serve more than one term in that office
Tommy Trampp Photo added 12 August 2020
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Photographed in 1898 Naval Historical Center NH 53760
Robert Hurst
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The Monitor Lehigh, most likely photographed at the Boston Navy Yard in the summer of 1898, while she was in commission during the war with Spain. The Governor Russell is on the opposite side of the pier Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 51301
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Taking green water over her bow during a storm off the U.S. Atlantic Coast, circa July-September 1898 Naval Historical Center photo NH 53761
View the Gunboat Governor Russell DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website