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Army Dispatch Boat El Aguila
ex-USS Frolic

Frolic served both the U. S. Navy and Army.
Patrol Yacht: Built in 1892 as the steam yacht Comanche by Globe Iron Work, Cleveland, OH for Howard M. Hanna of Cleveland, OH; Acquired by the Navy, 28 May 1898; Renamed Frolic 2 June 1898; Commissioned as USS Frolic, 6 July 1898; Decommissioned, 27 September 1898 at Norfolk, VA; Recommissioned, 25 October 1900; Decommissioned, 31 March 1906; Placed in reduced commission, 19 December 1906 for service as a yard craft at Cavite, Philippines; Decommissioned, 31 July 1907; Transferred to the War Department 21 May 1909 for service as a dispatch boat for the Commanding General, Manila, Philippines and renamed El Aguila, (The Eagle); Sold in 1923 to Chau Chiaco, a Chinese merchant, for service as a private gunboat on the Yangtze River, China. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 607 t.; Length 165'; Beam 25' ; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 11 kts; Complement unknown; Armament two 3-pounders.

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Steam Yacht Comanche
Frolic 25k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
USS Frolic
Frolic 84k Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1 November 1898.
USN photo NH 53960		 Naval Historical Center
View the Patrol Yacht Frolic
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
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