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By US Navy - Image NH 67514 from history.navy.mil, cropped to remove the caption. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, Corte Madera, CA, 1969. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph., 

Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5680566.

The USS Badger is a large converted cruiser, originally being the Ward line steamer "Yumuri". Her battery consists of 6.5" Rapid Fire, Fletcher Mechanism and 6 Semi Automatic Nordenfelt 3 pounders. Engines triple expansion; vertical engines, and operating a single screw.

John W. Klinger
February 1st, 1899
Norfolk VA    USN