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==Service==
==Service==
''Denver'' was commissioned on 17 May, 1904, with {{CommUS}} [[Joseph Ballard Murdock]] in command.
''Denver'' was commissioned on 17 May, 1904, with {{CommUS}} [[Joseph Ballard Murdock|Joseph B. Murdock]] in command.


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 23:36, 3 December 2014

U.S.S. Denver (1902)
Hull Number: Cruiser No. 14[1]
PG-28 (1920)[2]
CL-16 (8 August, 1921)[3]
Builder: Neafie & Levy[4]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1899[5]
Laid down: 8 Jun, 1900[6]
Launched: 21 Jun, 1902[7]
Commissioned: 17 May, 1904[8]
Decommissioned: 14 Feb, 1931[9]
Sold[10]: 13 Sep, 1933[11]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Denver was one of six Denver Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Construction

Denver was launched on 21 June, 1902 by Neafie & Levy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Miss R. W. Wright, daughter of the Mayor of Denver.

Service

Denver was commissioned on 17 May, 1904, with Commander Joseph B. Murdock in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  2. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  3. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  4. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 155.
  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. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  11. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.

Bibliography


Denver Class Protected Cruiser
  Denver Des Moines Chattanooga  
  Galveston Tacoma Cleveland  
<– New Orleans Class Minor Cruisers (US) Chester Class –>


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