U.S.S. Yosemite (1892)

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U.S.S. Yosemite (1892)
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1]
Purchased: 6 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 16 Mar, 1892[3]
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1898[4]
Scuttled: 15 Nov, 1900[5]
Fate: Guam

U.S.S. Yosemite was one of five Prairie Class auxiliary cruisers acquired and converted for use by the U.S. Navy.

Service

The ship was purchased on 6 April, 1898 and renamed Yosemite. She was commissioned on 13 April, 1898 with Commander William H. Emory, Jr. in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 168.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
  6. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.

Bibliography


Prairie Class Auxiliary Cruiser
Prairie Yankee Yosemite Dixie Buffalo
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