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.

Service

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

Captains

See Also

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. List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
  10. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  11. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 106.
  12. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 99.
  13. Records of Living Officers (7th ed). p. 99.
  14. Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  15. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
  16. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 14.
  17. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.

Bibliography


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