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Revision as of 15:58, 2 June 2020
| U.S.S. Philadelphia (1889) | |
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| Hull Number: | Cruiser No. 4[1] |
| Builder: | Cramp[2] |
| Ordered: | Act of 3 March, 1887[3] |
| Laid down: | 22 March, 1888[4] |
| Launched: | 7 September, 1889[5] |
| Commissioned: | 28 July, 1890[6] |
| Decommissioned: | 22 September, 1902[7] |
| Stricken: | 24 November, 1926[8] |
| Sold: | 1927[9] |
Contents
Construction
She was launched on 7 September, 1889, sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker.
Service
In 1900, she was serving as flagship on the Pacific Station.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Albert S. Barker, 28 July, 1890
- Captain Charles S. Cotton, 24 August, 1894[11]
- Captain George H. Wadleigh, 1 July, 1898[12]
- Captain George C. Reiter, 7 November, 1899[13]
- Commander Robert M. Doyle, 25 August, 1904[14] – 3 January, 1907[Fact Check]
- Commander Francis H. Sherman, 3 January, 1907[15] – after 1 January, 1909[16]
- Commander Levi C. Bertolette, 3 January, 1910[17] – 11 September, 1911[18][19][Inference]
- Commander George B. Bradshaw, 11 September, 1911[20] – after 1 January, 1912[21]
Armament
As Completed
- twelve 6-inch/30 caliber
- four 6-pounders
- four 3-pounders
- two 1-pounders
- three 37mm Hotchkiss revolvers
- four Gatling guns
- four above water 14-inch torpedo tubes[23]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 149.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 460.
- ↑ Never mounted, per Silverstone. New Navy. p. 26.
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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