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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Yosemite''''' was one of five [[Prairie Class Auxiliary (1898)|''Prairie'' Class auxiliary cruisers]] acquired and converted for use by the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Yosemite''''' was one of five [[Prairie Class Auxiliary (1898)|''Prairie'' Class auxiliary cruisers]] acquired and converted for use by the [[U.S. Navy]]. |
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U.S.S. Yosemite (1892) | |
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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
- Commander William H. Emory, Jr., 13 April, 1898[6]
- Captain George E. Ide, 20 December, 1898[7]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
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Prairie | Yankee | Yosemite | Dixie | Buffalo |