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USS RESOLUTE (Auxiliary Cruiser)

CLASS - N/A
Displacement 4,175 Tons, Dimensions, 310' (oa) x 40' x 18' (Max)
Armament 4 x 6-pdrs
Armor, n/a
Machinery, n/a
Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 87
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid as the iron passenger liner YORKTOWN on 10 FEB 1894 at Delaware River Shipbuilding & Engine Works, Chester, PA
Acquired from Old Dominion S.S. Co. by the US Navy on 21 APR 1898
Commissioned as RESOLUTE 11 MAY 1898
Decommissioned 15 DEC 1899
Transferred to War Dept. 22 JAN 1900 and renamed Rawlins
Returned to merchant service in 1902 operating under the names Powhatan, Cuba, and Seneca.
Fate:Burned and sank in New York in 1926. Refloated 02 SEP 1928 and subsequently scrapped
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Resolute 54k

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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USS RESOLUTE History
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Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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