Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)

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Three Montgomery class unprotected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1894.

Overview of 3 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Montgomery Columbian IW Feb, 1890 5 Dec, 1891 21 Jun, 1894 Sold 14 Nov, 1919
Detroit Columbian IW Feb, 1890 28 Oct, 1891 20 Jul, 1894 Sold 22 Dec, 1910
Marblehead City Point IW Oct, 1890 11 Aug, 1892 2 Apr, 1894 Sold 5 Aug, 1921

Construction

Armament

As Completed

[1][2]

  • two 6-inch/40 caliber
  • eight 5-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders
  • two 1-pounders
  • two Gatling guns
  • three 18-inch torpedo tubes

Rearmed

[3]

  • ten 5-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders
  • two 1-pounders
  • two Colt machine guns
  • three 18-inch torpedo tubes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. pp. 462-463.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 153.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 463.

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.


Montgomery Class Unprotected Cruiser
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