High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Galena, was a wooden steamer built at the Norfolk Navy Yard in 1879 and commissioned there 26 August 1880, with Commander James O'Kane in command. Galena was the second ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. Galena departed Hampton Roads 19 December 1880 and reached Gibraltar 12 January 1881. She cruised between the ports of France, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, along the coast of Africa and to the Canary, Cape Verde and Madeira Islands. On 7 April 1881 she arrived at Chios, in the Aegean Sea and remained until 15 April helping to relieve the distress caused by a severe earthquake. Her surgeon went ashore to treat the injured; her crew furnished work parties to help clear the rubble; and her steam launch moved relief supplies. Another mission began 10 June 1882 when she reached Alexandria, Egypt, to embark American citizens and personnel of the American Consulate for protection aboard during a rebellion. An Italian ship was chartered as a haven for about 135 refugees until 27 June when Admiral James W. Nicholson arrived in USS Lancaster to relieve Galena.

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