USS ''Commodore'' (IX-7), an
unclassified miscellaneous vessel
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, was the third ship of the
United States Navy
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to be named for
that naval rank. She was built in 1875 at
Cleveland
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, Ohio, purchased by the
United States Navy
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at
Chicago, Illinois
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, on 1 September 1918, and stationed at Chicago.
Until 30 April 1919 she served as a receiving ship and thereafter as a
Naval Reserve Armory. No longer required for this duty following completion of the new
Chicago Naval Reserve Armory in 1930, Commodore was
decommissioned on 10 March 1930. Her hulk was dismantled and demolished by Naval Reservists by January 1931.
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Unclassified miscellaneous vessels of the United States Navy
Ships built in Cleveland