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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Thomas Sampson|nick=William T. Sampson|appt=15 November, 1890|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=William Thomas Sampson|nick=William T. Sampson|appt=15 November, 1890|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Edwin Malcolm Shepard|nick=Edwin M. Shepard|appt=21 November, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Edwin Malcolm Shepard|nick=Edwin M. Shepard|appt=21 November, 1894{{USOfficerReg1896|p. 6}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Sinclair Gannon|nick=Sinclair Gannon|appt=9 April, 1918{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Sinclair Gannon|nick=Sinclair Gannon|appt=9 April, 1918{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 16-17}}}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:42, 4 November 2015
U.S.S. San Francisco (1889) | |
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Hull Number: | Cruiser No. 5[1] CM-2 (1916)[2] |
Builder: | Union Iron Works[3] |
Ordered: | Act of 3 March, 1887[4] |
Laid down: | 14 August, 1888[5] |
Launched: | 26 October, 1889[6] |
Commissioned: | 15 November, 1890[7] |
Decommissioned: | 24 December, 1921[8] |
Stricken: | 8 June, 1937[9] |
Sold: | 20 April, 1939[10] |
Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. San Francisco was a protected cruiser completed for the U.S. Navy in 1890.
Construction
San Francisco was launched on 26 October, 1889 at the Union Iron Works in San Francisco.
Service
San Francisco was commissioned on 15 November, 1890 with Captain William T. Sampson in command.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain William T. Sampson, 15 November, 1890
- Captain Edwin M. Shepard, 21 November, 1894[11]
- Captain Richard P. Leary, 28 September, 1897[12]
- Captain Asa Walker, 2 January, 1902[13]
- Captain Samuel W. Very, 21 October, 1903[14]
- Commander William H. G. Bullard, 21 August, 1911[15] – 2 December, 1912[16][17][Inference]
- Commander William K. Harrison, 2 December, 1912[18] – 5 August, 1914[19][20][Inference]
- Commander Reginald R. Belknap, 5 August, 1914[21]
- Commander Arthur MacArthur III, 4 January, 1915[22]
- Captain Henry V. Butler, 16 October, 1916[23]
- Captain Sinclair Gannon, 9 April, 1918[24]
Armament
As Completed
- twelve 6-inch/30 caliber
- four 6-pounders
- four 3-pounders
- two 1-pounders
- three 37mm Hotchkiss revolvers
- four Gatling guns
- six 14-inch torpedo tubes
1903
- twelve 6-inch/30 caliber
- ten 6-pounders
1910
- eight 5-inch/40 caliber
- ten 6-pounders
- four 1-pounders
1918
- four 5-inch/51 caliber
- Mines
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1896. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1903. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 16-17.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 460.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 26.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 152.
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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