USS Concord ( PG - 3 ) USS " Concord " ( Gunboat No . 3 / PG - 3 ) was a member of the of steel - hulled , twin - screw gunboat s in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . She was the second U . S . Navy ship named in honor of the town of Concord , Massachusetts , site of the Battle of Concord in the American Revolutionary War . The contract to build " Concord " was awarded to N . F . Palmer & Co . of Philadelphia in the 1888 fiscal year . Her hull was subcontracted to the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works which laid down her keel in May 1888 . " Concord " was launched in March 1890 . She was just over long and abeam and displaced . She was equipped with two steam engines which were supplemented with three schooner - rigged mast s . The ship ' s main battery consisted of six guns and was augmented by an assortment of smaller caliber guns . After her 1891 commissioning , " Concord " spent the next few years sailing along the East Coast , in the West Indies , and in the Gulf of Mexico . " Concord " cruised on the Asiatic Station — interrupted only by a short stint on the Alaskan sealing patrol — from 1893 until May 1896 , when she began a year out of commission at San Francisco . In January 1898 , " Concord " returned to the Asiatic Station , and joined Admiral George Dewey ' s fleet for 1 May 1898 Battle of Manila Bay , a decisive American victory over the Spanish Fleet in the Spanish – American War . After the battle , " Concord " supported United States Army operations in the Philippines in the Philippine – American War . For the rest of her active career , " Concord " patrolled off the Mexican and Alaskan coasts and served on the Yangtze Patrol . She was decommission ed in 1909 and served as a barracks ship until 1914 , and as a quarantine ship at Astoria , Oregon for the Public Health Service until 1929 , at which time she was returned to the Navy and sold . Design and construction . The " Yorktown " class gunboats — unofficially considered third - class cruisers — were the product of a United States Navy design attempt to produce compact ships with good sea - keeping abilities and , yet , able to carry a heavy battery . " Concord " was authorized in the 1888 fiscal year , and the contract for her construction was awarded to N . F . Palmer & Co . of Chester , Pennsylvania . The hull for " Concord " was sublet by Palmer to the Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works and built to the Navy ' s Bureau of Construction and Repair design . The mechanical design was patterned after the layout for older sister ship developed by William Cramp & Sons . " Concord " s keel was laid down in May 1888 , and the ship was launched on 8 March 1890 , sponsored by Minnie Darlington Coates , the daughter of Major Joseph R . T . Coates , the mayor of Chester . Among those in attendance at the launch ceremony was sculptor Daniel Chester French . Layout . As built , " Concord " was in length and abeam . Her steel hull had an average draft of , which was expected to give her the ability to escape from larger ships into shallow water . At the waterline was a turtleback deck of ⅜ - inch ( 9 . 5 mm ) steel that formed a watertight seal over the lower spaces . The deck had a crown at the level of the waterline and curved downwards to below the waterline at the sides of the ship . Below this armored deck were twelve compartments separated by watertight bulkheads ; the spaces above were equipped with watertight doors intended to be closed during battle . Above the armored deck , " Concord " had forecastle and poop decks with an open gun deck that spanned the length of the ship between them . The conning tower was located forward on the forecastle deck and was oval - shaped to deflect shot . It was outfitted with a steam - powered steering wheel , a telegraph , and speaking tubes ; it was protected by of steel armor plate . Propulsion . " Concord " was powered by two triple - expansion steam engines which each drove one of the pair of , three - bladed screw propellers . The cylinders of each engine were 22 , 31 , and 51 inches ( 56 , 79 , and 130 cm ) in diameter and had a stroke . Each engine was rated at and together were designed to move the ship at , though the ship exceeded that in her trials . The engines , situated in separate watertight compartments , were each fed by a pair of coal - fired boilers . Each boiler was horizontally mounted and was in diameter and in length with a total grate area of . " Concord " s coal bunkers could carry up to of the fuel , and were shielded from " shot and shell " . At a near top - speed of 16 knots , the ship could cover in 6½ days ; at the more economical speed of she could cruise over 62 days . To supplement her steam power plant , " Concord " was built with three mast s that were schooner - rigged . She had a total sail area of . The steam and sail combination was expected to allow " Concord " to remain at sea for months at a time during wartime . Armament . " Concord " s main battery consisted of six / 30 guns , with each gun weighing in excess of . Two were mounted on the forecastle deck , two on the poop deck , and the other pair amidships on the gun deck . The two guns on the gun deck were mounted above the waterline , while the other four were above . The guns fired armor - piercing projectile s with a propellant charge weighing at . At an elevation of 30 . 2° , the guns had a range of . Each gun was shielded with steel plating thick . " Concord " s secondary battery consisted of two guns [ with a caliber of ] , two guns [ ] , and two guns [ ] . All were based on designs of the French arms company Hotchkiss . According to a 1902 Bureau of Ordnance publication , an armor - piercing round fired from a 6 - pounder gun could penetrate of armor at a distance of . Career . USS " Concord " ( PG - 3 ) was commissioned on 14 February 1891 under the command of Commander O . A . Batcheller . " Concord " operated on the coast of New England , and sailed from New York City on 17 November 1891 on a cruise to the West Indies and South America with her squadron , then arrived at New Orleans , Louisiana , on 27 April 1892 and cruised up the Mississippi River as far as Cairo , Illinois , visiting various ports en route . Returning to New York on 13 June 1892 , " Concord " made another cruise to the West Indies late that year , and arrived back at Norfolk , Virginia , on 5 December . She participated in International Naval Review held at Norfolk and New York in March and April 1893 , and in June sailed from Norfolk for the Far East , calling at the Azores , Gibraltar , Malta , Port Said , Bangkok , and Saigon before arriving at Hong Kong on 30 October . She cruised on the Asiatic Station until 29 May 1894 when she arrived at Unalaska . She cruised on sealing patrol in the North Pacific to carry out the provisions of the treaty between the United States and United Kingdom , which empowered " Concord " to seize any vessel violating the laws protecting valuable fur seal s . She gathered hydrographic information to correct Bering Sea charts and conduct scientific observations of the fur seals . " Concord " returned to the Asiatic Station in September 1894 and continued to serve in the Far East until returning to San Francisco on 3 May 1896 . She was placed out of commission for repairs between 27 May 1896 and 22 May 1897 . After a cruise to Alaskan waters 1 July – 29 November , she sailed from Mare Island 8 January 1898 for the Asiatic Station . With the declaration of war between Spain and the United States in April , " Concord " joined Admiral George Dewey ' s squadron at Mirs Bay near Hong Kong on the 24th and sailed for the Philippines . On 1 May , " Concord " participated in the Battle of Manila Bay that resulted in American control of the Philippines . " Concord " resumed her patrol on station in August 1898 , but returned to the Philippines on 19 December to assist in putting down the insurrection . Her duty consisted of patrolling the coast to restrict insurgent movements and shipping ; bombarding various strongholds ; and aiding United States Army operations . Except for a voyage to Guam in March 1900 to deliver stores , and a brief voyage to Hong Kong for repairs , " Concord " remained in Philippine waters until June 1901 , when she sailed by way of Alaskan waters to San Francisco , arriving 28 September 1901 . She cruised with the Fleet in Mexican waters , then went out of commission on 26 February 1902 at Mare Island . Recommissioned on 15 June 1903 " Concord " operated along the North American coast from Alaska to Panama and to Hawaii and Alaska until decommissioned at Bremerton , Washington , on 25 August 1904 . " Concord " was commissioned again on 16 September 1905 and sailed from Bremerton on 24 December 1905 for operations in the Philippines . Remaining there until March 1906 , " Concord " sailed to China . Until 1908 she remained in the Far East serving at times on the Yangtze Patrol and as station ship at Shanghai and Canton . " Concord " served as station ship at Guam from 2 January to 10 September 1909 , then sailed to Puget Sound Navy Yard where she arrived on 11 October . She was decommissioned for the final time on 4 November 1909 , and assigned as barracks ship for the Washington Naval Militia at Seattle . She was transferred to the Public Health Service of the Treasury Department on 15 June 1914 and served as a stationary quarantine barge at Astoria , Oregon . Returned to naval custody on 19 March 1929 , she was sold on 28 June 1929 . In August 1915 two of the Concord ' s six - inch guns were placed in the War Garden of Woodland Park , Seattle , WA . The Seattle Times of August 15 stated : " Two six - inch guns from the United States cruiser Concord which saw active service at the battle of Manila , yesterday afternoon were brought to Seattle from Bremerton under the direction of the United Spanish War Veterans , to be mounted in Woodland Park in the near future . W . S . F . Quick , chairman of the board of managers of the United Spanish War Veterans Club of Seattle , yesterday signed a receipt for government property valued at $ 18 , 000 , which gives the local veterans practical possession of the pieces from now on . The two guns when mounted will be known as Battery Dewey . ”