Wednesday, January 14, 2009

american Protected Cruiser pictures 1880 1900





USS Philadelphia (C-4)
Laid down: 22 March 1888
Launched: 7 September 1889
Commissioned: 28 July 1890
Decommissioned: 24 November 1926
Fate: sold 1927
specification
Displacement: 4,324 tons
Length: 335 ft (102 m)
Beam: 48.5 ft (14.8 m)
Draft: 19.2 ft ( m)
Speed: 19 knots
Complement: 384 officers and men
Armament: 12 x 6-inch guns, 4 x 6-pounders, 2 x 1-pounders, 3 x 37mm



The USS Montgomery (C-9) was a protected cruiser in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.
Type: Protected cruiser
Displacement: 2,094 long tons (2,128 t)
Length: 269 ft 6 in (82.1 m)
Beam: 37 ft (11 m)
Draft: 14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement: 125 officers and enlisted
Armament: • 9 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
• 6 × 6-pounder guns
• 2 × 1-pounder guns
• 3 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes



Detroit sailed from Norfolk 5 October 1893 for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and lay at anchor in the harbor to protect American citizens and interests during revolutionary disturbances in Brazil until returning to Norfolk, Virginia 24 April 1894.



USS Atlanta was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880's.
Displacement: 3,189 tons
Length: 288 ft 6 in
Beam: 42 ft 2 in
Draught: 19 ft 10 in
Propulsion: Sails, plus 2 steam boilers driving a single screw
Speed: 16.3 knots
Range:
Complement: 284
Armament: 2 8", 6 6", 2 6-pounders, 2 3-pounders, 2 1-pounders, 2 47mm., 2 37mm., 2 Gatling guns


protected and 3rd class cruiser USS Cincinnati (C-7) was commissioned 16 June 1894,
In April 1898, opening month of the Spanish-American War, Cincinnati joined the blockade off Havana, Cuba, and bombarded Matanzas. The next month, she scouted throughout the West Indies searching for the Spanish fleet known to be approaching Cuba.


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