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Revision as of 22:29, 3 December 2014
U.S.S. Brooklyn was an armoured cruiser completed for the U.S. Navy in 1896. It was much more trendy than the preceding U.S.S. New York.
Service
Brooklyn was commissioned on 1 December, 1896, with Captain Francis Augustus Cook in command.
Armament
Guns
Torpedoes
Captains
- Captain Francis A. Cook, 1 December, 1896[1]
- Captain Harry Knox, 5 June, 1903[2]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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