USS Yankee (1892)
 USS Yankee was originally El Norte a steamer built in 1892 at Newport News Virginia by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy from the Southern Pacific Company on 6 April 1898. The ship was renamed and commissioned at New York on 14 April 1898 Commander Willard H. Brownson in command.