USS Yosemite (1894)

History
United States
Name	USS Yosemite
Namesake	Yosemite Valley
Builder	Wigham Richardson & Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Launched	1894
Acquired	23 December 1910
Commissioned	11 November 1911 in reserve
Decommissioned	23 January 1912
Stricken	1 March 1912
Fate	Sold for scrapping 10 June 1912
Notes	Originally merchant ship SS Clearwater Operated by U.S. War Department as USAT Ingalls 1899-1910
General characteristics
Type	Steamer
Displacement	2,069 tons (normal)
Length	256 ft 0 in (78.03 m)
Beam	33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
Draft	17 ft 3 in (5.26 m) (mean)
Propulsion	Steam, screw
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (trials)
Armament	2 × 6-pounder guns

The second USS Yosemite was a steamer of the United States Navy that served briefly as a tender.

Construction and early career[]

Yosemite was constructed as the merchant ship SS Clearwater in 1894. Sometime during the latter half of 1899, the United States Department of War acquired Clearwater for use as the United States Army Transport Ingalls.

U.S. Navy career[]

On 23 December 1910, the Department of War transferred Ingalls to the U.S. Navy. Renamed USS Yosemite, she was commissioned in reserve on 11 November 1911 at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, with Ensign Alfred H. Miles – the lyricist of the United States Naval Academy fight song "Anchors Aweigh" – in command.

Based at Norfolk, Virginia, Yosemite served the Navy only very briefly, working as tender to Submarine Division 3 of the .

On 23 January 1912, just over two months after her commissioning, Yosemite was decommissioned at Norfolk. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 March 1912, and she was sold to the on 10 June 1912 for scrapping.

References[]

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.