Cincinnati-class cruiser
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cincinnati-class protected cruiser |
| Operators: |
 United States Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Columbia class |
| Planned: | 2 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Length: | 305 ft 9 in (93.19 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,900 miles at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 312 |
| Armament: | 1 × 6 in (152 mm), 8 × 5 in (127 mm); (secondary) eight 6-pounder, two 1-pounder, two revolving cannons, and one Gatling gun 6 × torpedo tubes |
The Cincinnati-class cruisers were two small protected cruisers built for the United States Navy in the early 1890s.[1][2]
The Cincinnati-class cruisers were authorized by an Act of Congress approved September 7, 1888, in the same bill with New York, Olympia and the Montgomery class.[2][3]
History
As the U.S. Navy began to rebuild its fleet with steel-hulled vessels to keep pace with the advance of naval technology in the 1880s, it explored a wide range of design concepts. Among the approaches to the protected cruiser design was that of a small and fast commerce raider and in the 1888 naval appropriations bill, Congress set aside money to build two such vessels.[1][3]
In May 1889, the Department of the Navy invited proposals for the construction of two cruisers of about 3,000 tons displacement each, at a cost of not more than $1,100,000 each. William Cramp and Sons was the only shipbuilder to respond, but with a bid in excess of the limit; the Department of the Navy exercised an option in the appropriation bill to construct the cruisers in its own yards; Cruiser no. 7 (Cincinnati) was constructed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, while Raleigh would be built at Norfolk.[2]
Cincinnati-class ships
References
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "C-7 Cincinnati". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Statutes at Large of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 472. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
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