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A model of SS El Sud (later USS Yosemite) of The Southern Pacific RR Morgan Line. This model at the Mariners Museum (Newport News, Virginia) shows SS El Sud as a new ship that began a new chapter in Virginia's maritime history.
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TO COMMAND AUXILIARY CRUISERS
Vessels Bought From the Morgan Line Named.
Commanders of Auxiliary Cruisers.
Commanders have been selected for the four auxiliary cruisers recently purchased from tlis Morgan steamship line. El Sud will be commanded by Commander Wm. H.Emory, a native of this city, and recently detached from duty on the Asiatic station. Commander Wm. H. Brownson, the hero of the Brazilian revolution, and now in Europe looking after warships available for purchase, has been assigned to the command of El Norte. El Rio will be under the command of Commander Charles H. Davis, now on duty at the naval observatory. The fourth ship, El Sol, will be under the command of Commander Charles J. Train, now on waiting orders.
The names practically selected for the four big merchantmen are Yankee and Dixie and Prairie, and Slope. It was first intended to name these ships after cities, thus following the custom of the matter of vessels of this cruiser class, but as the merchantmen are not likely to be kept permanently on the naval list it was concluded best not to give them names which might conflict with the naming of regular cruisers which may hereafter be added to the naval establishment. The names under consideration are intended to represent the different sections of the country. Yankee the north and east, Dixie the south, Prairie, the middle west, and Slope the extreme west. The last mentioned name is not altogether satisfactory, and may give way to either Argonaut, Yosemite or some other designation distinctly representative of the Pacific states. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 08 April 1898, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Yosemite (1898-1900) Photographed in 1898. Ship ahead of
her may be USS Yankee.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 43670.
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From Washington to Naval Militia of Five States to Man Auxiliary Cruisers
ORDERED TO BE READY.
Directions were sent to the naval militia organization of New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey by the navy department to hold themselves in readiness to man the five auxiliary cruisers recently purchased, Prairie, Yankee, Dixie, Yosemite and Venezuela.
The organizations will not go on board these vessels until hostilities occur.
The New York reserves will man the Prairie, Massachusetts men the Yankee, the Maryland contingent the Dixie, the Michigan battalion the Yosemite, and the Jersey men the Venezuela.
The Maryland Michigan reserves will join their ships at Norfolk. The others will join their ships at the Brooklyn navy yard. |
Image and text provided by Rhode Island Digital Newspaper Project.
Photo from The Evening Tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 16 April 1898, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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 | NR | THE SQUADRON THAT IS TO ATTACK SPANISH SEAPORTS.
The cruiser Newark (C-1), flagship; the battleships Iowa (BB-4) and Oregon (BB-3), the auxiliary cruisers Yosemite, Yankee and Dixie (AD-1) and the colliers Scindia, Abarenda, and Alexander compose the squadron under Commodore John Crittenden Watson that is to bombard Spanish cities and capture the Canary islands. Commodore Watson's command is to be known as the eastern squadron, and its best all around ship is undoubtedly the battleship Iowa..... Commodore Watson was the gallant young officer who lashed Admiral Farragut to the rigging during the battle of Mobile Bay. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The Record-Union.(Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 04 July 1898, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Yosemite (1898-1900) photographed during the Spanish-American
War, 1898.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2763.
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Edwin Denby, rated gunners mate on board USS Yosemite during Spanish American war, 1898. Denby served as Secretary of Navy 6 March 1921 to 10 March 1924.
NHHC photo NH-93041 via history.navy.mil
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Cmdr. William H. Emory was at the helm of USS Yosemite.
NHHC photo NH 74071-A via history.navy.mil
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| NR | THE SQUADRON THAT IS TO ATTACK SPANISH SEAPORTS.
The cruiser Newark (C-1), flagship; the battleships Iowa (BB-4) and Oregon (BB-3), the auxiliary cruisers Yosemite, Yankee and Dixie (AD-1) and the colliers Scindia, Abarenda, and Alexander compose the squadron under Commodore John Crittenden Watson that is to bombard Spanish cities and capture the Canary islands. Commodore Watson's command is to be known as the eastern squadron, and its best all around ship is undoubtedly the battleship Iowa..... Commodore Watson was the gallant young officer who lashed Admiral Farragut to the rigging during the battle of Mobile Bay. | Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside;
Photo from The Record-Union.(Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 04 July 1898, Image 7, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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ANTONIO LOPEZ DESTROYED
Cruiser Yosemite Completed Demolition of the Spaniard.
The United States cruiser Yosemite today, completely destroyed the Spanish gunboat Antnio Lopez, whose captain recently ran his vessel ashore at Salinas, near San Juan Porto Rico, upon being chased by two American vessels, while attempting to enter San Juan with a cargo of provisions and war material.
The Porto Rican blockade is being keenly felt at San Juan, and the refugees are overcrowding the accommodations there. The St. Thomas Colonial bank has refused to accept the Yosemite's drafts on the United States. |
Photo courtesy of usni.org
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Saint Paul Globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 17 July 1898, Image 4, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Yosemite at the New York Navy Yard on 26 April
1899. Note the 5" guns on her stern.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 51420
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USS Yosemite at New York in postwar white livery
on 26 April 1899. Yosemite departed New York on 10 May 1899 and
arrived at Guam on 7 August 1899 via the Suez Canal.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 201
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CAPTAIN LEARY AND THE YOSEMITE.
The cruiser Yosemite, formerly El Sud, of the Morgan steamship line, carries to Guam, our possession in the Ladrone islands, its new governor general, Captain Richard P. Leary. The Yosemite, in addition to being the governor general's fleet, will also be his home until suitable quarters can be constructed on land.
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Image and text provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI.
Photo from The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 27 May 1899, Image 8, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Yosemite photographed circa 1899 in an unidentified
port, perhaps overseas. She has dressed ship, possibly for a U.S. national
holiday.
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 82134
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On the left, front to back; Protected Cruiser USS Atlanta, Auxiliary Cruiser USS Yosemite, USS Baltimore (Cruiser No.3). Center are tugs Chickasaw, USS Nina and the stern of USS Narkeeta (Harbor Tug No.3). On the right Auxiliary Cruiser USS Prairie and behind Prairie is USS Kentucky (Battleship No.6) at New York Navy Yard, circa 1900.
US National Archives, Detroit Photographic Co. LC-DIG-det-4a14974a item 2016795177. |
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CRUISER YOSEMITE LOST.
WRECKED ON A REEF SIXTY MILES FROM GUAM
FIVE OF THE CREW DROWNED, OTHERS RESCUED BY A COLLIER |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 29 November 1900, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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A TYPHOON AT GUAM
Hundreds of Natives Killed and the Crops Ruined
THE CRUISER YOSEMITE LOST
Five of Her Crew Drowned in the
Terrific Sea
THE DETAILS OF THE DISASTER
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Photo from The Times. =[volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 29 November 1900, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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HOW THE YOSEMITE SANK
ABANDONED ONLY AFTER A HEROIC STRUGGLE |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1 December 1900, Image 1, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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