St. Louis Class Armed Merchant Cruiser (1898)
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Two St. Louis class auxiliary cruisers were International Navigation Company liners charted by the U.S. Navy in 1898 as Armed Merchant Cruisers.
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| Name | Builder | Launched | Acquired | Commissioned | Fate |
| St. Louis | Cramp | 12 Nov, 1894 | 22 Apr, 1898 | 24 Apr, 1898 | Returned 2 Sep, 1898 |
| St. Paul | Cramp | 10 Apr, 1895 | 12 Mar, 1898 | 20 Apr, 1898 | Returned 2 Sep, 1898 |
Construction
Straight stem and counter stern-type liners with two masts and two funnels.[1]
Armament
St. Louis
- four 5-inch/40 caliber
- eight 6-pounders
St. Paul
- six 5-inch/40 caliber
- six 6-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 167.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
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).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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