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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Atlanta''''' was one of two [[Atlanta Class Cruiser (1884)|''Atlanta'' Class protected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
 
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Atlanta''''' was one of two [[Atlanta Class Cruiser (1884)|''Atlanta'' Class protected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]].
  
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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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==Construction==
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''Atlanta'' was 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.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Atlanta'' commissioned at the [[New York Navy Yard]] on 19 July, 1886.
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Francis Marvin Bunce|nick=Francis M. Bunce|appt=19 July, 1886|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Francis Marvin Bunce|nick=Francis M. Bunce|appt=19 July, 1886|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Adams Howell|nick=John A. Howell|appt=1 December, 1888{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 6}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=John Adams Howell|nick=John A. Howell|appt=1 December, 1888{{USOfficerReg1890|p. 6}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Henry Turner|nick=William H. Turner|appt=9 August, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Bartlett James Cromwell|nick=Barlett J. Cromwell|appt=22 December, 1894{{HamerslyRecords3|p. 52}}|end=September 1895{{HamerslyRecords3|p. 52}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Henry Turner|nick=William H. Turner|appt=9 August, 1902{{USOfficerReg1903|p. 12}}|end=29 April, 1904{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 12}}{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Edward Francis Qualtrough|nick=Edward F. Qualtrough|appt=29 April, 1904{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 12}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 25 March 2017

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.

Construction

Atlanta was 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.

Service

Atlanta commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 July, 1886.

Captains

See Also

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.
  8. ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
  9. ↑ Records of Living Officers (3th ed). p. 52.
  10. ↑ Records of Living Officers (3th ed). p. 52.
  11. ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 12.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 12.

Bibliography


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