USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)

USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
Tinted postcard of USS Pennsylvania, from around 1905–1908.
History
United States
Name
  • Nebraska (1900–1901)
  • Pennsylvania (1901–1912)
  • Pittsburgh (1912–1931)
Namesake
Ordered3 March 1899
Awarded10 January 1901
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost$3,890,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Yard number317
Laid down7 August 1901
Launched22 August 1903
Sponsored byMiss Coral Quay
Commissioned9 March 1905
Decommissioned10 July 1931
Renamed
  • Pennsylvania, 7 March 1901
  • Pittsburgh, 27 August 1912
ReclassifiedCA-4, 17 July 1920
Stricken26 October 1931
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 21 December 1931
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typePennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard)
Length
  • 504 ft (154 m) oa
  • 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 22.44 kn (41.56 km/h; 25.82 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 6 in (152 mm) (top & waterline)
  • 5 in (127 mm) (bottom)
  • Deck: 1+12 in (38 mm) - 6 in (amidships)
  • 4 in (102 mm) (forward & aft)
  • Barbettes: 6 in
  • Turrets: 6 - 6+12 in (165 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 9 in (229 mm)
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)[1]
Installed power8 × Modified Niclausse boilers, 12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles
  • 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
General characteristics (Pre-1921 Refit)[2]
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles
  • 10 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns
  • 2 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes

The second USS Pennsylvania (ACR/CA-4), also referred to as Armored Cruiser No. 4, and later renamed Pittsburgh, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class. She was originally assigned the name Nebraska but was renamed Pennsylvania on 7 March 1901.[3]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels". US Navy. 1921. p. 50. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ Bauer, Karl Jack, and Stephen S. Roberts (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 135. ISBN 9780313262029.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)