She was built in 1889 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, as merchant ship Yumuri, purchased for use in the Spanish-American War on 19 April 1898 and converted to an auxiliary cruiser at New York Navy Yard, then commissioned on 25 April 1898, Commander A. S. Snow in command; and joined the North Patrol Squadron.
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