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==Service==
==Service==
She commissioned on 1 August, 1908 with Commander [[Henry Braid Wilson|Henry B. Wilson]] in command.
She commissioned on 1 August, 1908 with Commander [[Albert Lenoir Key|Albert L. Key]] in command.


==Captains==
==Captains==
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Revision as of 02:49, 26 November 2014

U.S.S. Salem (1907)
Hull Number: CL-3
Builder: Fore River[1]
Ordered: Act of 27 Apr, 1904[2]
Laid down: 28 Aug, 1905[3]
Launched: 27 Jul, 1907[4]
Commissioned: 1 Aug, 1908[5]
Decommissioned: 16 Aug, 1921[6]
Stricken: 13 Nov, 1929[7]
Sold: 11 Feb, 1930[8]

U.S.S. Salem was one of three Chester class light cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

She commissioned on 1 August, 1908 with Commander Albert L. Key in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 155.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  5. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  6. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  7. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  8. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  9. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  10. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 20.

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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