U.S.S. Yosemite (1892): Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(replace "[[Newport News" with "[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company")
 
(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)
Line 8: Line 8:
|name=Yosemite
|name=Yosemite
|launch=16 Mar, 1892{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 31}}
|launch=16 Mar, 1892{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 31}}
|builder=[[Newport News]]{{Conways1860|p. 168}}
|builder=[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 168}}
|fate=Scuttled
|fate=Scuttled
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Yosemite''''' was one of five [[Prairie Class Auxiliary (1898)|''Prairie'' Class auxiliary cruisers]] acquired and converted for use by the [[U.S. Navy]].
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Yosemite''''' was one of five [[Prairie Class Auxiliary (1898)|''Prairie'' Class auxiliary cruisers]] acquired and converted for use by the [[U.S. Navy]].
Line 15: Line 15:
The ship was purchased on 6 April, 1898 and renamed ''Yosemite''.  She was commissioned on 13 April, 1898 with Commander [[William Hemsley Emory, Jr.|William H. Emory, Jr.]] in command.
The ship was purchased on 6 April, 1898 and renamed ''Yosemite''.  She was commissioned on 13 April, 1898 with Commander [[William Hemsley Emory, Jr.|William H. Emory, Jr.]] in command.
==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Yosemite''" nat="US">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of U.S.S. ''Yosemite''}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Yosemite''" nat="US">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Hemsley Emory, Jr.|nick=William H. Emory, Jr.|appt=13 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Hemsley Emory, Jr.|nick=William H. Emory, Jr.|appt=13 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Elmore Ide|nick=George E. Ide|appt=20 December, 1898{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 10}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=George Elmore Ide|nick=George E. Ide|appt=20 December, 1898{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 10}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 00:59, 27 April 2018

U.S.S. Yosemite (1892)
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1]
Purchased: 6 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 16 Mar, 1892[3]
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1898[4]
Scuttled: 15 Nov, 1900[5]
Fate: Guam

U.S.S. Yosemite was one of five Prairie Class auxiliary cruisers acquired and converted for use by the U.S. Navy.

Service

The ship was purchased on 6 April, 1898 and renamed Yosemite. She was commissioned on 13 April, 1898 with Commander William H. Emory, Jr. in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 168.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
  6. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  7. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.

Bibliography


Prairie Class Auxiliary Cruiser
Prairie Yankee Yosemite Dixie Buffalo
Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=U.S.S._Yosemite_(1892)&oldid=269195"