Denver Class Cruiser (1901)
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Six Denver class protected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in the early and mid-1900.
Overview of six vessels | ||||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | ||||||
Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Denver | Cruiser No. 14 | Neafie & Levy | 28 June, 1900 | 21 June, 1902 | 17 May, 1904 | Sold 13 September, 1933 |
Des Moines | Cruiser No. 15 | Fore River | 28 August, 1900 | 20 September, 1902 | 5 March, 1904 | Sold 11 March, 1930 |
Chattanooga | Cruiser No. 16 | Crescent | 29 March, 1900 | 7 March, 1903 | 11 October, 1904 | Sold 19 July, 1921 |
Galveston | Cruiser No. 17 | W. R. Trigg | 19 January, 1901 | 23 July, 1903 | 15 February, 1905 | Sold 13 September, 1933 |
Tacoma | Cruiser No. 18 | Union IW | 27 September, 1900 | 2 June, 1903 | 30 January, 1904 | Sold 5 September, 1924 |
Cleveland | Cruiser No. 19 | Bath | 1 June, 1900 | 28 September, 1901 | 2 November, 1903 | Sold 7 March, 1930 |
Construction
Armament
- ten 5-inch/50 rapid-firing guns
- eight 6-pounders
- two 1-pounders
- four .30 caliber machine guns
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 464.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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