U.S.S. Frolic (1898)

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U.S.S. Frolic (1898)
Builder: Globe Iron Works[1]
Purchased: 28 May, 1898[2]
Launched: 24 December, 1891[3]
Commissioned: 6 July, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 31 March, 1906[5]
Transferred: 21 May, 1909[6]
Fate: to War Department

U.S.S. Frolic was an armed yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.

Construction

Launched by the Globe Iron Works of Cleveland, Ohio as the Comanche.[7]

Service

Transferred to the War Department at Cavite on 21 May, 1909, becoming the water boat El Aguila. Sold into civilian use in 1923, probably becoming the merchant ship Chuanchiu.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[12]

1898

  • two 3-pounders

1910

  • four 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  8. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.
  9. List and Station, July 1898. p. 7.
  10. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 20.
  11. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 18.
  12. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 77.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Armed Yacht U.S.S. Frolic