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Armed merchant cruisers. The
US Navy purchased a number of merchant ships and armed them to become
armed merchant cruisers. The first and most important at the turn
of the century were four fast liners owned by the International
Navigation Company; St Louis, St Paul, Harvard and Yale. These
armed merchant cruisers were commissioned into the navy during the
Spanish - American war and returned back to the International
Navigation Company in september 1898 |
| Name |
Launch Date |
Fate |
| St Louis |
12th November 1894 |
Returned to
owners 2nd September 1898. Used as transport Louisville during
WWI. Burnt out in 1920 and sold 1925 |
| St Paul |
10th April 1895 |
Returned to owners 2nd
September 1898. Collided with and sunk HMS
Gladiator in the Solent, 25th April 1908. Used as a transport
in WWI. Capsized in North River, New York, 28th April 1918.
Raised and later sold in 1923. |
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St. Louis c.1898
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reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
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St. Paul c.1898 |
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| Harvard |
1888 |
Returned to owners 2nd
September 1898. Used as transport in WWI under the name
Plattsburg. Returned to owners 1919. |
| Yale |
1888 |
Returned to owners 2nd
September 1898. Again used as transport Harrisburg during
WWI. Returned to owners in 1919. |
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USS Yale |
Paris (ex - City of Paris, Paris, USS Yale) -
returned to owners after 1898 and before being renamed again.
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large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original Symonds glass negative. Price
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SYM07 |
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Armed Merchant Ships |
| Badger (formerly Yumuri) |
1889 |
To war Department 1900 |
| Buffalo (formerly El Cid and Nictheroy) |
1892 |
Training Ship 1900 |
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On Board the Armed Merchant Ship USS Buffalo |
USS Dixie an Auxiliary Cruiser c.1918
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| Dixie (formerly El Rio) |
1893 |
Training Ship 1900 |
| Panther (formerly Austin) |
1889 |
Training Ship 1902 |
| Prairie (formerly El Sol) |
1890 |
Training Ship 1901 |
| Yankee (formerly El Norte) |
1892 |
Sank in tow 4th December 1908 |
| Yosemite (El Sud) |
1892 |
Foundered 13th November 1900 |
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