USS Detroit (C-10) circa 1890s
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Detroit |
Namesake | City of Detroit, Michigan |
Builder | Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland |
Launched | 28 October 1891 |
Sponsored by | Miss F. Malster |
Commissioned | 20 July 1893 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1905 |
Stricken | 12 July 1910 |
Identification | Hull symbol: C-10 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 December 1910 |
General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
Class and type | Montgomery-class unprotected cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 269 ft 6 in (82.14 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft |
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Installed power | 5,400 ihp (4,000 kW) |
Propulsion | |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
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USS Detroit (C-10) was a Montgomery-class unprotected cruiser of the United States Navy which was authorized by an Act of Congress in September 1888.[2] Detroit was launched on 28 October 1891 at Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, Maryland, sponsored by Miss F. Malster. The cruiser was commissioned on 20 July 1893. It was the third ship to be named for Detroit, Michigan.[3]