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 1915
General characteristics
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 × 14 pounder 2 × 6 pounder[3] 2 × 1 pounder[1] 2 × 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]