U.S.S. St. Louis (1894)
From The Dreadnought Project
U.S.S. St. Louis (1894) | |
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Hull Number: | None |
Builder: | Cramp[1] |
Launched: | 12 Sep, 1894[2] |
Chartered: | 22 Apr, 1898[3] |
Commissioned: | 24 Apr, 1898[4] |
Decommissioned: | 2 Sep, 1898[5] |
Returned: | 2 Sep, 1898[6] |
Service
Launched as S.S. St. Louis in 1894, she was commissioned as U.S.S. St. Louis in 1898. Engaged first in cutting submarine cables, she was at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July.
She was again commissioned during the Great War as U.S.S. Louisville, serving from 1918 to 1919.
Captains
- Captain Caspar F. Goodrich, 24 April, 1898[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.
Bibliography
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