USS Oriole (1895)

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The USS Oriole, a sloop-of-war, served the U.S. Navy at the commencement of the 20th century.

Transferred to the Maryland Naval Militia in 1895, Dale, a 15-gun sloop-of-war, was renamed Oriole 30 November 1904 before she was struck from the Navy List 27 February 1906 and acquired by the Coast Guard at Baltimore, Maryland, 23 July 1906. On 17 September 1921 the Treasury Department returned Oriole to the U.S. Navy for sale as a hulk to Mr. William Mattson of Baltimore 20 December of that year.

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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.