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Revision as of 23:35, 1 March 2022

U.S.S. Philadelphia (1889)
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]
U.S.S. Philadelphia was a protected cruiser completed for the U.S. Navy in 1890.

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.

Armament

As Completed

[24]

  • 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[25]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  2. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  7. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  8. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  9. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 149.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1891. pp. 6-7.
  12. ↑ Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 June, 1892 p. 6.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
  14. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 14.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 12.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 14.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  24. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 460.
  25. ↑ 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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