USS Frolic (1892)
USS Frolic off Norfolk Navy Yard at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 1 November 1898. |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Frolic |
| Namesake: | A "frolic" is a happy and festive occasion |
| Builder: | Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Completed: | 1892 |
| Acquired: | 28 May 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 6 July 1898 |
| Recommissioned: | 25 October 1900 (first time) 19 December 1906 (second time, in reduced status) |
| Decommissioned: | 27 September 1898 (first time) 31 March 1906 (second time) 31 July 1907 (third and final time) |
| Fate: | Transferred to United States Department of War 21 May 1909 |
| Notes: | In private use as yacht Comanche 1892-1898; in United States Army service from 1909 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol yacht |
| Displacement: | 607 long tons (617 t) |
| Length: | 165 ft (50 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
| Speed: | 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Armament: | 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) guns |
The third USS Frolic was a United States Navy patrol yacht in commission in 1898, from 1900 to 1906, and from 1906 to 1907. She served briefly during the Spanish-American War.
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