New Orleans Class Cruiser (1898)

Two New Orleans class protected cruisers were purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 in preparation for the Spanish-American War.

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|- ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of two vessels |- | colspan=6 align=left|Citations for this data available on individual ship pages |- ! align=center | Name ! align=center | Builder ! align=center | Laid Down ! align=center | Launched ! align=center | Completed ! align=center | Fate |- align=left | New Orleans | Armstrong | 1895 | 4 December, 1896 | 18 March, 1898 | Sold 11 February, 1930 |- align=left | Albany | Armstrong | 1897 | 14 January, 1899 | 29 May, 1900 | Sold 11 February, 1930 |}

Construction

Ordered by Brazil from Armstrong, Mitchell, & Co., but

purchased by the United States as reinforcements during the crisis leading to the Spanish-American War. A third

ship, Barroso, remained in Brazilian hands.

Armament

As Completed

• six 6-inch/50 caliber
• four 4.7-inch/50 caliber
• ten 6-pounders
• four 1-pounders
• four .30 caliber machine guns
• three 18-inch torpedo tubes

1907

• ten 5-inch/50 caliber
• ten 6-pounders
• four 1-pounders
• four .30 caliber machine guns
• three 18-inch torpedo tubes

See Also

• Wikipedia

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.

New Orleans Class Protected Cruiser

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