Cincinnati-class cruiser

USS Cincinnati
Class overview
NameCincinnati class
Builders
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byUSS Olympia (C-6)
Succeeded byMontgomery class
Cost$1,100,000 each
Built1889–1894
In service1894–1920
In commission1894–1919
Planned2
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement
  • 3,183 long tons (3,234 t) (standard)
  • 3,339 long tons (3,393 t) (full load)
Length305 ft 9 in (93.19 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Draft18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)
Range8,652 nmi (16,024 km; 9,957 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement312
Armament
Armor
General characteristics (1903)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Speed18 knots (33 km/h)
Armament

The Cincinnati-class cruisers were two small protected cruisers built for the United States Navy in the early 1890s.[1][2] They were smaller and more lightly armed and protected than most previous US cruisers, and were intended for commerce raiding.[3] They may also be referred to as Raleigh-class cruisers, as Raleigh was launched and commissioned prior to Cincinnati.[4]

The Cincinnati-class cruisers were authorized by an Act of Congress approved on 7 September 1888, in the same bill with New York, Olympia and the Montgomery class.[2][5]

  1. ^ Burr, p. 16
  2. ^ a b "C-7 Cincinnati". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ^ Friedman, pp. 27-33, 461-462
  4. ^ Bauer and Roberts, p. 144
  5. ^ The Statutes at Large of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1889. p. 472. Retrieved 5 July 2014.