Cincinnati Class Cruiser (1892)
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Two Cincinnati class protected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1894.
| Overview of 2 vessels | |||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Cincinnati | New York NYd | 29 Jan, 1890 | 10 Nov, 1892 | 16 Jun, 1894 | Sold 4 Aug, 1921 |
| Raleigh | Norfolk NYd | 19 Dec, 1889 | 31 Mar, 1892 | 17 Apr, 1894 | Sold 21 Apr, 1921 |
Construction
Armament
- one 6-inch/40 caliber
- ten 5-inch/40 caliber
- four above water torpedo tubes, four Howell torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 462.
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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