USS Yankee (1892)

History
Yankee as a training ship in the early 1900s.
United States
Name	USS Yankee
Launched	14 June 1892
Completed	15 August 1892
Acquired	6 April 1898
Commissioned	14 April 1898 1 May 1903 15 June 1908
Decommissioned	16 March 1899 25 September 1906
Stricken	17 April 1912
Fate	Sunk 4 December 1908
General characteristics
Displacement	6,225 long tons (6,325 t) (full)
Length	406 ft 1.5 in (123.787 m)
Beam	48 ft 4.5 in (14.745 m)
Draft	21 ft 1 in (6.43 m) (aft)
Speed	14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h)
Complement	282
Armament	10 × 5 in (130 mm) guns 6 × QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 × Colt machine guns
Notes	Spanish–American War Battle of Guantánamo Bay Action off Cienfuegos Action off Casilda Blockade of Cuba Occupation of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Affair

USS Yankee was originally El Norte, a steamer launched 14 June 1892 and delivered 15 August 1892 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed and commissioned at New York on 14 April 1898, Commander Willard H. Brownson in command.