The USS Stranger was a yacht built in 1880 by William Cramp & Sons, and later acquired in 1898 by the US Navy for use in the Spanish American War. It was commissioned on 30 June of that year. On November 16, 1898, she was loaned to the Louisiana Naval Militia for use in training of the unit. The ship served with the militia until nearly 1916 when she was reported to have been sunk in a hurricane

New Orleans Hurricane of 1915

The New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 was an intense Category 4 hurricane that made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana during the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane killed 275 people and caused $13 million in damage....

 in New Orleans