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USS YOSEMITE (Auxiliary Cruiser)

CLASS - N/A
Displacement 6,179 Tons, Dimensions, 389' 2'' (oa) x 48' 0" x 20' 1" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5", 6 x 6-pdrs, 2 Colt Machine Guns.
Armor, n/a
Machinery, n/a
Speed, 16 Knots, Crew 285.
Operational and Building Data
Originally build as the merchant steamer El Sud by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, VA in 1892
Acquired by the US Navy from Southern Pacific Co. on 06 APR 1898 and renamed Yosemite
Commissioned 13 APR 1898
Fate: Scuttled on 15 NOV 1900 after receiving extensive damage from a hurricane while anchored in Apra Harbor, Guam.
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Yosemite 114k

USS Yosemite (1898-1900) Photographed in 1898. Ship ahead of her may be USS Yankee.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 43670.

 Mike Green/USNHC
Yosemite 114k

USS Yosemite (1898-1900) Photographed during the Spanish-American War, 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2763.

 USNHC
USS YOSEMITE History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
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Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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