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Revision as of 21:14, 18 September 2015
U.S.S. New Orleans (1896) | |
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Hull Number: | CL-22 (8 August, 1921)[1] |
Builder: | Armstrong |
Purchased: | 9 Mar, 1898[2] |
Laid down: | 1895[3] |
Launched: | 4 Dec, 1896[4] |
Commissioned: | 18 Mar, 1898[5] |
Decommissioned: | 16 Nov, 1922[6] |
Stricken: | 13 Nov, 1929[7] |
Sold: | 11 Feb, 1930[8] |
Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. New Orleans was one of two New Orleans Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Construction
New Orleans was laid down in 1895 as Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building on 16 March, 1898.
Service
New Orleans commissioned 18 March, 1898 at Gravesend, England, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Arthur P. Nazro.
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Arthur P. Nazro, 18 March, 1898 – April 1898[9]
- Captain William M. Folger, 18 April, 1898[10] – February, 1899[11]
- Captain Edwin Longnecker, 8 February, 1899[12]
- Captain Charles S. Sperry, 4 February, 1901[13]
- Commander Noble E. Irwin, 10 December, 1913[14]
- Lieutenant Commander Henry N. Jenson, 31 October, 1916[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 154.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. pp. 5, 67.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. pp. 5, 67.
- ↑ Records of Living Officers (7th ed). pp. 102-3.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.
Bibliography
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