U.S.S. Prairie (1890)

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U.S.S. Prairie (1890)
Hull Number: AD-5
Builder: Cramp[1]
Purchased: 6 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 27 Sep, 1890[3]
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 22 Nov, 1922[5]
Sold: 22 Jun, 1923[6]
Fate: Broken up

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

Service

Prairie was purchased by the Navy on 6 April, 1898 from the Southern Pacific Company, and commissioned on 8 April with Commander Charles J. Train 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. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  7. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.

Bibliography


Prairie Class Auxiliary Cruiser
Prairie Yankee Yosemite Dixie Buffalo
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