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133k | S.S. Yorktown flying a flag bearing her name on her
foremast in commercial service with the Old Dominion Steamship Co., which
operated her and her sister Jamestown between New York and Norfolk.
The Yorktown as acquired by the U.S. Navy in April, 1898 and commissioned
USS Resolute one month later..
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 44064 |
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129k | USS Resolute on 12 May 1898, three days after commissioning.
She is probably at the New York Navy Yard loading supplies for her first
Navy voyage and may be in dry-dock.
U.S. National Archives, RG-19-A-1, Photo No. 19-N-19-17-11 |
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USS Resolute Off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, possibly while transporting Spanish prisoners of war in July 1898. Photographed by Miss E. J. Trenchard. Courtesy of Edward Trenchard, 1907. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 44063. |
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132k | USS Resolute on 9 December 1898, during or soon after
fumigation for an outbreak of yellow fever on board.
U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 57, Photo No. 19-N-15011, ex 19-17-14 |
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100k | Auxiliary cruiser USS Resolute underway, entering
an unknown harbor circa 1898-1899.
Library of Congress, Photo # LC-D4-20103 |
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Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Final Rank | Dates |
Easton, Joseph G., CDR | 05/11/1898 - | |
Drake, Franklin Jeremiah., CAPT | RADM | ~1898 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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