USS Charleston (C-22), port view, undated.
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United States | |
Name | Charleston |
Namesake | City of Charleston, South Carolina |
Ordered | 7 June 1900 |
Awarded | 30 March 1901 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
Cost | $2,740,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Laid down | 30 January 1902 |
Launched | 23 January 1904 |
Sponsored by | Miss H. Rhett |
Commissioned | 17 October 1905 |
Decommissioned | 4 December 1923 |
Reclassified | CA-19, 17 July 1920 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping on 6 March 1930, subsequently used as a breakwater |
General characteristics (as built)[1][2] | |
Class and type | St. Louis-class protected cruiser |
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Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) (mean) |
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Complement | 54 officers 624 enlisted 48 Marines |
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The third USS Charleston (C-22/CA-19) was a United States Navy St. Louis-class protected cruiser. She was launched 23 January 1904 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Helen Whaley Rhett, and commissioned on 17 October 1905, Captain Cameron McRae Winslow in command. She was reclassified CA-19 on 17 July 1920.