U.S.S. Atlanta (1884)

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U.S.S. Atlanta (1884)
Builder: John Roach[1]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1883[2]
Laid down: 8 Nov, 1883[3]
Launched: 9 Oct, 1884[4]
Commissioned: 19 Jul, 1886[5]
Decommissioned: 23 Mar, 1912[6]
Sold: 10 Jun, 1912[7]

U.S.S. Atlanta was one of two Atlanta Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

She launched on 9 October 1884; sponsored by Miss Jessie Lincoln, the daughter of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 July 1886.

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Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 150.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 448.

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Atlanta Class Protected Cruiser
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