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| An undated picture of the auxiliary cruiser USS Yankee. Note the 5" guns poking through gunports along the hull side. |
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| USS Yankee photographed at New York on 9 May 1898 as an auxiliary cruiser. Eight of her 5"/40 guns were located behind ports in the hull and two were on the forecastle. |
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| USS Yankee as a training ship, in peacetime white-and-buff and auxiliary sail rig, in the early 1900s. Her 5" battery is carried in broadside casemates. |
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| USS Yankee shown soon after grounding near New Bedford, Mass., in September, 1908. She had again been re-rigged and rearmed, this time with ten 3" guns, and was serving as a torpedo supply ship and flagship for Naval Militia maneuvers. |
Displacement 6,225 Tons, Dimensions, 406' 1.5'' (oa) x 48' 4.5" x 21' 1" (Max)
Armament 10 x 5", 6 x 6-pdrs, 2 Colt Machine Guns.
Armor, n/a
Machinery, n/a
Speed, 14.5 Knots, Crew 282.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid as EL NORTE - A Steamer in 1892 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Acquired by the US Navy from Southern Pacific Co. on 6 APR 1898
Commissioned as YANKEE 14 APR 1898
Decommissioned 16 MAR 1899
Commissioned 1 MAY 1903
Decommissioned 25 SEP 1906
Commissioned 15 JUN 1908
Ran Aground 23 SEP 1908
Sank under tow about 4 DEC 1908
Stricken 17 APR 1912
Fate: Sank under tow about 4 DEC 1908
Armor, n/a
Machinery, n/a
Speed, 14.5 Knots, Crew 282.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid as EL NORTE - A Steamer in 1892 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Acquired by the US Navy from Southern Pacific Co. on 6 APR 1898
Commissioned as YANKEE 14 APR 1898
Decommissioned 16 MAR 1899
Commissioned 1 MAY 1903
Decommissioned 25 SEP 1906
Commissioned 15 JUN 1908
Ran Aground 23 SEP 1908
Sank under tow about 4 DEC 1908
Stricken 17 APR 1912
Fate: Sank under tow about 4 DEC 1908
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