New Orleans Class Cruiser (1898)

Two New Orleans class protected cruisers were purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 in preparation for the Spanish-American War.

Overview of two vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
U.S. Name	Brazilian Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
New Orleans	Amazonas	Armstrong	1895	4 December, 1896	18 March, 1898	Sold 11 February, 1930
Albany	Almirante Abreu	Armstrong	1897	14 January, 1899	29 May, 1900	Sold 11 February, 1930

Construction

Ordered by Brazil from Armstrong, Mitchell, & Co., but purchased by the United States as reinforcements during the crisis leading to the Spanish-American War. A third ship, Almirante Barrozo, had been completed and delivered to the Brazilian Navy in 1897.

Armament

As Completed

• six 6-inch/50 caliber
• four 4.7-inch/50 caliber
• ten 6-pounders
• four 1-pounders
• four .30 caliber machine guns
• three 18-inch torpedo tubes

1907

• ten 5-inch/50 caliber
• ten 6-pounders
• four 1-pounders
• four .30 caliber machine guns
• three 18-inch torpedo tubes

See Also

• Wikipedia

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.