USS Minneapolis (C-13)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Minneapolis.
USS Minneapolis
USS Minneapolis (C-13), photographed while at anchor, 1898.
History
United States
NameMinneapolis
NamesakeCity of Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ordered2 March 1891
Awarded31 August 1891
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost$2,690,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Yard number273
Laid down16 December 1891
Launched12 August 1893
Sponsored byMiss Elizabeth Washburn
Commissioned13 December 1894
Decommissioned15 March 1921
ReclassifiedCA-17, 17 July 1920
Stricken26 January 1922
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 5 August 1921
General characteristics (as built)[1][2]
Class and typeColumbia class protected cruiser
Displacement
  • 7,350 long tons (7,468 t) (standard)
  • 8,270 long tons (8,403 t) (full load)
Length
  • 413 ft 1 in (125.91 m) oa
  • 411 ft 7 in (125.45 m)pp
Beam58 ft 2 in (17.73 m)
Draft22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
  • 23.07 knots (42.73 km/h; 26.55 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement45 officers 338 enlisted men
Armament
Armor
  • Deck: 4 in (100 mm) (slope)
  • 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) (flat)
  • Conning Tower: 5 in (130 mm)
  • Shields: 4 in (100 mm)
General characteristics (1914)[1]
Armament
  • 3 × 6 in (150 mm)/45 caliber Mark 10 gun
  • 8 × 4 in (102 mm)/40 guns
  • 2 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) saluting guns
General characteristics (1920)[2][3]
Armament

The first USS Minneapolis (C-13/CA-17) was a United States Navy Columbia-class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Minneapolis was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; launched 12 August 1893, sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Washburn, daughter of Senator William D. Washburn of Minnesota; and commissioned at Philadelphia, 13 December 1894, Captain George H. Wadleigh, in command.[4] The class was originally designed with three funnels; however, Columbia was built with four and Minneapolis with two. This may have been to make them resemble specific passenger liners.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1911-". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 36–39. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b Toppan, Andrew (8 September 1996). "US Cruisers List: Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers". Hazegray.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1920. p. 58. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Minneapolis I (C-13)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. ^ Friedman, Norman (1984). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 39–40. ISBN 0-87021-718-6.