USS Prairie (AD-5)

USS *Prairie* (AD-5)
	USS Prairie (AD-5) at anchor off San Diego, circa in 1920
History
United States
Name	Prairie
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	267
Launched	27 September 1890
Completed	1890
Acquired	6 April 1898
Commissioned	8 April 1898 – 15 March 1899; 23 March 1899 – 18 February 1901; 9 November 1901 – 14 June 1905; 26 September 1906 – 22 November 1922;
Stricken	22 November 1922
Identification	AD-5
Fate	Sold and scrapped 1923
General characteristics
Displacement	6,620 light tons
Length	404 ft 9 in (123.37 m)
Beam	48 ft 3 in (14.71 m)
Draft	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Armament	10 × 6"/30 caliber guns; 6 × 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns;

USS Prairie (AD-5), formerly Morgan Liner SS El Sol, was built in 1890 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia. She was purchased by the United States Navy on 6 April 1898 from the Southern Pacific Company, and commissioned two days later at New York, Commander Charles J. Train in command.

History
USS Prairie (AD-5) at anchor off San Diego, circa in 1920
United States
Name	Prairie
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	267
Launched	27 September 1890
Completed	1890
Acquired	6 April 1898
Commissioned	8 April 1898 – 15 March 1899 23 March 1899 – 18 February 1901 9 November 1901 – 14 June 1905 26 September 1906 – 22 November 1922
Stricken	22 November 1922
Identification	AD-5
Fate	Sold and scrapped 1923
General characteristics
Displacement	6,620 light tons
Length	404 ft 9 in (123.37 m)
Beam	48 ft 3 in (14.71 m)
Draft	20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Armament	10 × 6"/30 caliber guns 6 × 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns