Denver Class Cruiser (1901)

Six Denver class protected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in the early and mid-1900.

Overview of six vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Denver	Cruiser No. 14	Neafie & Levy	28 June, 1900	21 June, 1902	17 May, 1904	Sold 13 September, 1933
Des Moines	Cruiser No. 15	Fore River	28 August, 1900	20 September, 1902	5 March, 1904	Sold 11 March, 1930
Chattanooga	Cruiser No. 16	Crescent	29 March, 1900	7 March, 1903	11 October, 1904	Sold 19 July, 1921
Galveston	Cruiser No. 17	W. R. Trigg	19 January, 1901	23 July, 1903	15 February, 1905	Sold 13 September, 1933
Tacoma	Cruiser No. 18	Union IW	27 September, 1900	2 June, 1903	30 January, 1904	Sold 5 September, 1924
Cleveland	Cruiser No. 19	Bath	1 June, 1900	28 September, 1901	2 November, 1903	Sold 7 March, 1930

Armament

• ten 5-inch/50 rapid-firing guns
• eight 6-pounders
• two 1-pounders
• four .30 caliber machine guns

See Also

• Wikipedia

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.

Denver Class Protected Cruiser

Denver

Des Moines

Chattanooga

Galveston

Tacoma

Cleveland

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