USS Frolic (1892)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Frolic.

USS Frolic off Norfolk Navy Yard at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 1 November 1898.
History
United States
NameFrolic
NamesakeA "frolic" is a happy and festive occasion
BuilderGlobe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
Yard number46
Launched24 December 1891
Completed1892
Acquired28 May 1898
Commissioned6 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)
Identification
  • Official Number: 126888 (yacht)
  • Signal (Navy) GQKF[1]
FateTransferred to United States Department of War 21 May 1909
NotesIn private use as yacht Comanche 1892–1898; in United States Army service from 1909
General characteristics
TypePatrol yacht
Displacement607 long tons (617 t)
Length165 ft (50 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft18 ft (5.5 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 4 in (3.15 m)
Speed11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h)
Armament2 × 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.

  1. ^ Thirty-First Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, Year ended June 30, 1899. Washington, D.C.: Treasury Department, Bureau of Navigation. 1899. p. 48. Retrieved 17 December 2018.