USS Yosemite
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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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speed 16 knot, beam 14.63 metre, length 118.62 metre, draft 6.12 metre,
Newport News Shipbuilding, United States Navy,
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1892-03-16T00:00:00Z
1892-03-16T00:00:00Z
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