Spanish Career
Samar was launched in November 1887 by the Manila Ship Co., Canacao, Philippine Islands. She was captured on 9 November 1898 at Zamboanga by US Army personnel, brought to Manila between 13–20 April 1899 and commissioned at Manila on 26 May 1899, under the command of Ensign George C. Day.
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