St. Louis Class Cruiser (1904)

Three St. Louis class armoured cruisers were completed in 1905 and 1906 for service in the U.S. Navy. They were considered a poor design, with a partial 4 inch belt over machinery and their central 6-in battery.

Overview of 3 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
St. Louis	Neafie & Levy	31 Jul, 1902	6 May, 1905	18 Aug, 1906	Sold 1930
Milwaukee	Union Iron Works	30 Jul, 1902	10 Sep, 1904	11 May, 1906	Wrecked 13 Jan, 1917
Charleston	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company	30 Jan, 1902	23 Jan, 1904	17 Oct, 1905	Sold 1930

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).