U.S.S. Boston (1884)

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U.S.S. Boston (1884)
Hull Number: IX-2 (1941)[1]
Builder: John Roach[2]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1883[3]
Laid down: 15 November, 1883[4]
Launched: 4 December, 1884[5]
Commissioned: 2 May, 1887[6]
Sunk: 8 April, 1946[7]
Fate: Scuttled off San Francisco

U.S.S. Boston was one of two Atlanta Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

She launched on 4 December 1884 by John Roach & Sons, and commissioned on 2 May 1887, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command.

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Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 150.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  8. Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
  9. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.

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