U.S.S. San Francisco (1889)

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U.S.S. San Francisco (1889)
Hull Number: Cruiser No. 5[1]
CM-2 (1916)[2]
Builder: Union Iron Works[3]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1887[4]
Laid down: 14 August, 1888[5]
Launched: 26 October, 1889[6]
Commissioned: 15 November, 1890[7]
Decommissioned: 24 December, 1921[8]
Stricken: 8 June, 1937[9]
Sold: 20 April, 1939[10]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. San Francisco was a protected cruiser completed for the U.S. Navy in 1890.

Construction

San Francisco was launched on 26 October, 1889 at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.

Service

San Francisco was commissioned on 15 November, 1890 with Captain William T. Sampson in command.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

As Completed

[25]

  • twelve 6-inch/30 caliber
  • four 6-pounders
  • four 3-pounders
  • two 1-pounders
  • three 37mm Hotchkiss revolvers
  • four Gatling guns
  • six 14-inch torpedo tubes

1903

[26]

  • twelve 6-inch/30 caliber
  • ten 6-pounders

1910

[27][28]

  • eight 5-inch/40 caliber
  • ten 6-pounders
  • four 1-pounders

1918

[29]

  • four 5-inch/51 caliber
  • Mines

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  7. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  8. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  9. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  10. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
  25. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 460.
  26. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
  27. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
  28. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
  29. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.

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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