USS Yosemite (1892)
USS Yosemite in 1898. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Yosemite |
| Namesake | Yosemite Valley |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. |
| Launched | 16 March 1892 |
| Acquired | 6 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 13 April 1898 |
| Fate | Scuttled 15 November 1900 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary cruiser |
| Tonnage | 6,179 long tons (6,278 t) |
| Length | 389 ft 2 in (118.62 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 285, 173 15 November, 1900 |
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The first USS Yosemite was an auxiliary cruiser of the United States Navy. Built as El Sud in 1892 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, in Newport News, Virginia for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line. The Navy acquired El Sud on 6 April 1898, at the beginning of the Spanish–American War and renamed her Yosemite. It commissioned her on 13 April 1898 under Commander William H. Emory.