USS Boston (1884)

Boston (protected). Port bow
USS Boston in 1891
History
United States
NameBoston
NamesakeBoston, Massachusetts
Ordered23 July 1883
BuilderDelaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down15 November 1883
Launched4 December 1884
Commissioned2 May 1887
Decommissioned4 November 1893
Recommissioned15 November 1895
Decommissioned15 September 1899
Recommissioned11 August 1902
Decommissioned10 June 1907
Recommissioned18 June 1918
FateScuttled 7 April 1946
Notes
General characteristics
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement3,189 long tons (3,240 t)
Length283 ft (86.3 m)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Sails (as built)
  • 1 × shaft
Speed16.3 kn (18.8 mph; 30.2 km/h) on trials, 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) designed
Range3,390 nmi (6,280 km; 3,900 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement284 officers and men
Armament
Armor
NotesOne of the U.S. Navy's first four steel ships

The fifth USS Boston was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s. In some references she is combined with Atlanta as the Atlanta class, in others as the Boston class.

Boston was laid down on 15 November 1883 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania, launched on 4 December 1884, and commissioned on 2 May 1887 at the New York Navy Yard, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command.[1]

  1. ^ "Boston V (Protected Cruiser)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.