Acquisition and Commissioning
It was built as the Columbia in 1893 by William Cramp & Sons for Joseph Harvey Ladew, Sr. modeled on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Pathfinder. It was launched from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23 August 1893.
It was used by the United States Navy, renamed USS Wasp, and commissioned at New York City on 11 April 1898, Lieutenant Aaron Ward in command.
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“Whatever may be our just grievances in the southern states, it is fitting that we acknowledge that, considering their poverty and past relationship to the Negro race, they have done remarkably well for the cause of education among us. That the whole South should commit itself to the principle that the colored people have a right to be educated is an immense acquisition to the cause of popular education.”
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