USS Mindoro, a 142-ton gunboat, was built at Hong Kong in 1886 as the Spanish Navy warship of the same name. Stationed in the Philippine Islands, she was a prize of the Spanish-American War and was purchased by the War Department in 1899, transferred to the Navy and placed in commission in June of that year. During the last half of 1899 and the first quarter of 1900 Mindoro was employed off northern Luzon. She operated in the southern Philippines from late 1900 to September 1901, taking part in combat operations against local insurgents. Laid up at the Cavite Navy Yard for nearly three years, Mindoro was again active in the southern Philippines from mid-1904 until early 1906, then was loaned to the Army for service in Manila Bay. After spending 1907 and 1908 in decommissioned status at Cavite, she returned to service in May 1909 for another tour in the waters south of Luzon. Decommissioned in April 1911, USS Mindoro was stricken from the Navy list in June 1911 and sold in April 1912.
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Page made 18 October 2004