Denver-class cruiser

USS Denver at the North Atlantic Fleet review in 1905
Class overview
Name: Denver-class cruiser
Operators:  United States Navy
Preceded by: Columbia-class cruiser
Succeeded by: St. Louis-class cruiser (1905)
Built: 1899-1903
In commission: 1903-1928
Completed: 6
Lost: 1
General characteristics
Type:Protected Cruiser
Displacement:3,200 long tons (3,251 t)
Length:308 ft 10 in (94.13 m)
Beam:44 ft (13 m)
Draft:15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Propulsion:6 Babcock & Wilcox boilers (275 psi), 5,073 IHP (trial)
Speed:16.41 knots (30.39 km/h; 18.88 mph) (trial)
Range:2,200 nautical miles at 10 knots
Complement:19 officers and 308 enlisted
Armament:
  • 10 × 5 in (130 mm) / 50 cal guns
  • 8 × 6 pounder guns
Armor:
  • 0.3125 in (7.94 mm) flat
  • 2.5 in (64 mm) slope

The Denver-class cruisers were a group of six protected cruisers used by the United States Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. Authorized by congress in 1899, they were designed with peacetime duties on foreign stations and tropical service in mind. However, they suffered from insufficient gun power and low speed. By 1920 the armament had been reduced to 8 x 5"/50 and 1 x 3" AAA along with 6 x 6 pounder guns.[1]

Ship Name Hull No. Builder Launched Fate
Denver C-14 Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia June 21, 1902 CL-16 in 1921; Sold September 1933
Des Moines C-15 Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts September 20, 1902 CL-17 in 1921; Sold March 1930
Chattanooga C-16 Crescent Shipyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey March 7, 1903 CL-18 in 1921; sold March 1930
Galveston C-17 William R. Trigg Company, Richmond, Virginia July 23, 1903 CL-19 in 1921; sold September 1933
Tacoma C-18 Union Iron Works, San Francisco June 2, 1903 CL-20 in 1921; ran aground and was lost January 16, 1924
Cleveland C-19 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine September 28, 1901 CL-21 in 1921; sold March 1930

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Paul Silverston, U.S. Warships of World War I 1970 SBN 7110-0095-6

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