USS Yosemite

Last updated May 07, 2024

USS Yosemite may refer to more than one United States Navy ship:

USS Yosemite (1892), an auxiliary cruiser that fought in the Spanish–American War, in commission from 1898 until scuttled in 1900
USS Yosemite (1894), a steamer in commission from 1911 to 1912
USS Yosemite (CM-2), a minelayer which bore the name from 1931 to 1939 while out of commission in reserve; formerly USS Tahoe (CM-2), and before that was the protected cruiser USS San Francisco (C-5, later CM-2)
USS Yosemite (AD-19), a destroyer tender in commission from 1944 to 1994

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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.

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