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Latest revision as of 03:02, 4 December 2014
Two Atlanta Class cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in the mid-1880s.
| Overview of two vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
| Atlanta | John Roach | 8 November, 1883 | 9 October, 1884 | 19 July, 1886 | Sold 10 June, 1912 |
| Boston | John Roach | 15 November, 1883 | 4 December, 1884 | 2 May, 1887 | Sunk 8 April, 1946 |
Construction
Congressional partisan allegations drove the Atlantas' contracted shipyard, John Roach, into bankruptcy, and both ships had to be completed at New York Navy Yard.[1][2]
Armament
Original
- two 8-inch/30 caliber
- six 6-inch/30 caliber
- two 6-pounders
- two 3-pounders
- two 1-pounders
- two 47mm Hotchkiss Revolvers
- two 37mm Hotchkiss Revolvers
- two Gatlings
See Also
Footnotes
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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