List of ship decommissionings in 1899

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The list of ship decommissionings in 1899 is a chronological list of ships decommissioned in 1899. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead. For ships lost at sea, see list of shipwrecks in 1899 instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Pennant	Class and type	Fate and other notes	Ref
January	Spanish Navy	Gerona	–	Floating jetty/depot ship	Ex-screw frigate; hulked since 1895; sold for scrap 1901	[1]
Unknown date	Spanish Navy	Almansa	–	Floating jetty	Ex-screw frigate; hulked since 1894; decommissioned and sold for scrap in either 1899, [2] 1900, [3] or 1901 [4] (according to different sources)
Unknown date	United States Navy	USS Sangamon	–	Passaic-class monitor	Sold for scrap in 1905	[5]

References

Citations

1. "Battleship Photo Index USS SANGAMON". NavSource. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
2. "Almansa (1865)". todoavante.es (in Spanish). 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
3. Rodríguez González.
4. Marcelino González.
5. "Battleship Photo Index USS SANGAMON". NavSource. Retrieved 2019-05-25.

Bibliography

• González, Marcelino (2009). 50 Barcos españoles (in Spanish). Gijón, Spain: Fundación Alvargonzález.
• Rodríguez González, Agustín Ramón (1999). La Armada Española, la campaña del Pacífico, 1862–1871: España frente a Chile y Perú (in Spanish). Agualarga Editores. ISBN   978-84-95088-90-1.