U.S.S. San Francisco (1889)
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U.S.S. San Francisco (1889) | |
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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
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Armament
As Completed
- 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
- twelve 6-inch/30 caliber
- ten 6-pounders
1910
- eight 5-inch/40 caliber
- ten 6-pounders
- four 1-pounders
1918
- four 5-inch/51 caliber
- Mines
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 460.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ 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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