page_title: USS Vixen (PY-4)
section_title: Commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
hierarchical_section_title: USS Vixen (PY-4) / Commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Vixen (PY-4). Detroit Publishing Company photograph collection (Library of Congress).
context_page_description: USS Vixen (PY-4) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy for operations in the Spanish–American War, where she served with distinction during the Battle of Santiago. She was commissioned again for duty during World War I when she was assigned to patrol the U.S. East Coast.
context_section_description: The United States Navy purchased the yacht for $150,000 on 9 April 1898. Renamed Vixen, the erstwhile pleasure craft was armed and fitted out for naval service at the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she was commissioned on 11 April 1898, Lt. Alexander Sharp Jr. in command.
caption: USS Vixen, circa unknown
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