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Patrol Yacht
Frolic


Built in 1892 as yacht Comanche by Globe Iron Work, Cleveland, OH; Acquired by the Navy, 28 May 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; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Transferred to the War Department, for service in the Philippines, 21 May 1909; 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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Frolic 84k Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1 November 1898.
USN photo NH 53960
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