USS Baltimore (C-3)

Baltimore in 1891
History
United States
Name	Baltimore
Namesake	Baltimore, Maryland
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost	$1,546,172.13 (hull and machinery)
Yard number	254
Laid down	5 May 1887
Launched	6 October 1888
Sponsored by	Mrs. Theodore D. Wilson, wife of Chief Constructor Wilson
Commissioned	7 January 1890
Decommissioned	15 September 1922
Reclassified	CM-1
Stricken	14 October 1937
Identification	Hull symbol:C-3 Hull symbol:CM-1
Fate	Scuttled, 22 September 1944
General characteristics
Displacement	4,413 long tons (4,484 t)
Length	336 ft (102 m)
Beam	48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Installed power	4 × coal-fired boilers 2 × horizontal triple expansion engines 10,500 ihp (7,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	386 officers and men
Armament	4 × 8-inch (203 mm)/35 caliber Mark 4 guns 6 × 6-inch (152 mm)/30 caliber Mark 3 guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns 2 × .45 caliber (11.4 mm) Gatling guns
Armor	Gun shields: 4.5 in (110 mm) Main deck: 4 in (100 mm) Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm)

The fourth USS Baltimore (C-3) (later CM-1) was a United States Navy cruiser, the fifth protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, Charleston, the design was commissioned from the British company of W. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Company of Newcastle. Baltimore was an all-around improvement on Charleston, somewhat larger with more guns, thicker armor, and better machinery.^[1][2][3]