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USS Prairie, a 6620-ton auxiliary cruiser, was built in 1890 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a merchant steamer. Purchased by the Navy in April 1898, she served in the West Indies during the Spanish-American War. Post-war, she was employed as a training ship and transport. Converted to a destroyer tender in 1917, Prairie was designated AD-5 in 1920. She decommissioned in November 1922 and was sold in June 1923.
This page features 1898 views of USS Prairie.
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Photo #: NH 44056 USS Prairie (1898-1922) Photographed at the New York Navy Yard soon after commissioning in April 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 57,742 bytes; 590 x 705 pixels |
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The following photograph shows what is probably USS Prairie in the background of a view of another ship:
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Photo #: NH 43666 USS Yankee (1898-1908) Photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 27 April 1898, following conversion to an auxiliary cruiser. Her hull is being repainted from civilian black to wartime Navy gray. Ship outboard of her is probably USS Prairie. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 93,752 bytes; 740 x 645 pixels |
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