USS Bennington was a member of the Yorktown class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the town of Bennington, Vermont, site of the Battle of Bennington in the American Revolutionary War.
USS Bennington (PG-4) at San Diego, California (USA), sunk by boiler explosion in July 1905 (NH 100929)
USS Bennington (PG-4) beached at San Diego, California (USA), after her 21 July 1905 boiler explosion (NH 102779-KN)
USS Bennington (PG-4), circa in 1891 (NH 63248)
USS Bennington (PG-4) at anchor, circa in 1891 (NH 67551)
USS Bennington (PG-4) in drydock at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), circa 1894-1898 (NH 100931-KN)
Burial of the victims of the boiler explosions of USS Bennington (PG-4) at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California (USA), in 1905 (NH 102779-KN)
USS Bennington (PG-4) at the Columbian Naval Parade, New York City (USA), on 27 April 1893 (14868432717)
USS Bennington (PG-4) and USS Philadelphia (C-4) at anchor off Honolulu, Hawaii (USA), in July 1898
Commander Taussig of the USS Bennington claims Wake Island for the United States of America