U.S.S. New York (1891)

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U.S.S. New York (1891)
Hull Number: ACR-2
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Ordered: Act of 7 September, 1888[2]
Laid down: 30 Sep, 1890[3]
Launched: 2 Dec, 1891[4]
Commissioned: 1 Aug, 1893[5]
Scuttled: Dec, 1941[6]

U.S.S. New York was an armored cruiser completed for the U.S. Navy in 1893.

Service

She commissioned at Philadelphia on 1 August, 1893 with Captain John W. Philip in command.

In 1900, she was serving as flagship on the North Atlantic Station.[7]

She was renamed Saratoga in 1911 and further renamed Rochester in 1917.

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 147.
  7. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 148.
  8. Register of Officers, 1895. p. 6.
  9. Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
  10. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 10.
  11. Register of Officers, 1905. p. 8.
  12. Register of Officers, 1927. p. 16.
  13. Register of Officers, 1929. p. 14.

Bibliography

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


Armoured Cruiser U.S.S. New York
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