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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Armistead Rust|nick=Armistead Rust|appt=26 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Armistead Rust|nick=Armistead Rust|appt=26 October, 1911{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}|note=also Captain, [[Charleston Navy Yard]]}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Woodward Phelps|nick=William W. Phelps|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 14}}|end=after 1 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 14}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Frank Hodges Clark|nick=Frank H. Clark|appt=25 April, 1914{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 14}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Frank Hodges Clark|nick=Frank H. Clark|appt=25 April, 1914{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 14}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Ware Marshall|nick=Albert W. Marshall|appt=1 April, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Albert Ware Marshall|nick=Albert W. Marshall|appt=1 April, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}}} | ||
Revision as of 11:08, 28 October 2015
| U.S.S. Baltimore (1888) | |
|---|---|
| Hull Number: | Cruiser No. 3, CM-1 |
| Builder: | Cramp[1] |
| Ordered: | Act of 3 August, 1886[2] |
| Laid down: | 20 January, 1887[3] |
| Launched: | 6 October, 1888[4] |
| Commissioned: | 7 January, 1890[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 15 September, 1922[6] |
| Sold: | 16 February, 1942[7] |
Contents
Construction
She was launched on 6 October, 1888 by William Cramp & Sons, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore D. Wilson, wife of Chief Constructor Theodore D. Wilson.
Service
Baltimore was commissioned on 7 January, 1890, with Captain W. S. Schley in command.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Winfield S. Schley, 31 July, 1889[8]
- Captain Benjamin F. Day, 12 July, 1894[9]
- Captain Nehemiah M. Dyer, 31 August, 1897[10]
- Captain James M. Forsyth, 19 May, 1899[11]
- Commander John B. Briggs, 6 May, 1903[12] – 25 October, 1904[Inference]
- Commander Nathan Sargent, 25 October, 1904[13]
- Commander James M. Helm, 1906[14][15]
- Commander Armistead Rust, 26 October, 1911[16] – 1912[17][18] (also Captain, Charleston Navy Yard)
- Commander William W. Phelps, 1912[19][20] – after 1 January, 1913[21]
- Commander Frank H. Clark, 25 April, 1914[22]
- Commander Albert W. Marshall, 1 April, 1915[23]
- Captain Alfred G. Howe, 12 January, 1918[24]
Armament
As Completed
- four 8-inch/35 caliber
- six 6-inch/30 caliber
- four 6-pounders
- two 3-pounders
- two 1-pounders
- four 37mm Hotchkiss revolvers
- two Gatlings
- five 12-inch torpedo tubes[26]
1902
- twelve 6-inch/40 caliber
- six 14-pounders
- six 3-pounders
1910
- twelve 6-inch/40 caliber
- six 3-inch
- six 3-pounders
- four 1-pounders
1919
- four 5-inch/51 caliber
- two 3-inch/50 caliber AA guns
- two machine guns
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 151.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1890. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 459.
- ↑ Never mounted, per Silverstone. New Navy. p. 26
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 151.
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.
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