USS Vixen (PY-4)
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USS Vixen (PY-4) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy for operations in the Spanish–American War, where she served with distinction during the Battle of Santiago. She was commissioned again for duty during World War I when she was assigned to patrol the U.S. East Coast.
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy
 USS Vixen, photographed in 1898, with sails hoisted on both masts. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Vixen |
| Namesake | Vixen |
| Owner | |
| Builder | Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport, New Jersey |
| Laid down | October 1895 |
| Launched | 4 March 1896 |
| Sponsored by | Eleanor Widner (granddaughter of owner) |
| Acquired | 9 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 11 April 1898 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Recommissioned | 2 April 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1922 |
| Stricken | 9 January 1923 |
| Fate | Sold on 22 June 1923 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner-rigged, steam yacht |
| Displacement | 806 long tons (819 t) |
| Length | 182 ft 3 in |
| Beam | 28 ft 0 in |
| Draft | 12 ft 8 in (mean) |
| Propulsion | steam engine and schooner sail |
| Speed | 16.0 knots |
| Complement | 5 officers and 74 enlisted |
| Armament |
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| Armor | steel-hulled |
| Notes | [1] |