USS Stranger

The USS Stranger was a yacht built in 1880 by William Cramp & Sons and acquired in 1898 by the US Navy for use in the Spanish–American War.[4] It was commissioned on June 30, 1898 and saw service in the West Indian Blocking Squadron off of Havana, Cuba.[4]

History
United States
Name:	USS Stranger
Builder:	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Laid down:	1880[1]
Acquired:	1898
Commissioned:	June 30, 1898
Stricken:	October 23, 1915
Fate:	Sunk in a hurricane
General characteristics
Class and type:	Yacht
Displacement:	369 long tons (375 t)
Length:	164 ft 7 in (50.17 m)
Beam:	23 ft 7 in (7.19 m)
Draft:	9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion:	Single screw
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	10 officers, 63 crew[2]
Armament:	1 x 14 pounder 2 x 6 pounder[3] 2 x 1 pounder[1] 2 x 6 mm Machine Gun[3][2]
Notes:	Loaned to Louisiana State Militia in November 1898.

Placed out of commission from September 24 to December 6, 1898 at the Norfolk Naval Yard, she was overhauled and refitted for service with the Louisiana Naval Militia for use in training.[4][5] She was officially turned over to the Militia on November 16, 1898.[4][1]

The ship served with the militia until the middle of October 1915, when she was sunk during a hurricane in New Orleans.[4][6][7]

Commanders

• 1898 George Leland Dyer[8]

References

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

1. Annual Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair to the Secretary of the Navy for the Fiscal Year Ending 1909. Washington, DC: United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and Repair. 1909. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
2. Louisiana. Adjutant General's Office (1902). Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Louisiana for the Year Ending ... to the Governor. p. 30. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
3. "Vessels for the Fleet". Evening Star (July 8, 1898). Washington, D.C. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
4. "USS Stranger". DANFS. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
5. Stewart, William Henry (1902). History of Norfolk County, Virginia and Representative Citizens. Chesapeake, Virginia: Biographical Publishing Company. p. 470. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
6. United States. Navy Dept (1917). Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 785. ISSN 0272-9415. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
7. "Naval Station Notes". The Herald. New Orleans, Louisiana. October 21, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
8. "George Leland Dyer Papers | Joyner Library | East Carolina University". digital.lib.ecu.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-13.