USS Eagle (1898) (original) (raw)

The fifth USS Eagle served in the United States Navy from 1898 to 1919, and saw action in the Spanish–American War and service during World War I. Eagle, a yacht, was built in 1890 as Almy by Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware; purchased by the Navy on 2 April 1898 and renamed Eagle; and commissioned three days later, Lieutenant William Henry Hudson Southerland in command.