Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)

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Three Montgomery class unprotected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1894.

Construction

Armament

As Completed

[1][2]

  • two 6-inch/40 caliber
  • eight 5-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders
  • two 1-pounders
  • two Gatling guns
  • three 18-inch torpedo tubes

Rearmed

[3]

  • ten 5-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders
  • two 1-pounders
  • two Colt machine guns
  • three 18-inch torpedo tubes

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. pp. 462-463.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 153.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 463.

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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