USS San Francisco (C-5)

For other ships with the same name, see USS San Francisco and USS Yosemite.
USS San Francisco (C-5) dressed overall.
History
United States
Name
  • San Francisco (1887–1930)
  • Tahoe (1930–1931)
  • Yosemite (1931–1937)
Namesake
Ordered3 March 1887
Awarded26 October 1887
BuilderUnion Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost$1,428,000 (contract price for hull and machinery)
Laid down14 August 1888
Launched26 October 1889
Sponsored byMiss Edith W. Benham
Commissioned15 November 1890
Decommissioned25 October 1898
Recommissioned2 January 1902
Decommissioned31 December 1904
RefitMine planter, June 1908
Recommissioned29 November 1911
Decommissioned6 June 1916
Reclassifiedmine planter 19 December 1912
Recommissioned16 October 1916
Decommissioned24 December 1921
Renamed
  • Tahoe, after 1921
  • Yosemite, 1 January 1931
ReclassifiedCruiser Minelayer (CM-2), 17 July 1920
Stricken8 June 1937
Identification
FateSold for scrapping 20 April 1939
General characteristics (as built)[1][2]
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement
  • 4,088 long tons (4,154 t) (standard)
  • 4,583 long tons (4,657 t) (full load)
Length
  • 324 ft 6 in (98.91 m) oa
  • 310 ft (94 m) pp
Beam49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draft
  • 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) (mean draft)
  • 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) (max draft)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × screws
Sail planSchooner (as built)
Speed19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range3,432 nmi (6,356 km; 3,949 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement34 officers and 350 enlisted men
Armament
Armor
General characteristics (1914)[1][2]
TypeMine planter
Installed power
Complement32 officers 271 enlisted men
Armament
General characteristics (1921)[2][3]
TypeMinelayer
Complement52 officers 351 enlisted men
Armament

The first USS San Francisco (C-5) (later CM-2) was a steel protected cruiser in the United States Navy. She was later named Tahoe and then Yosemite, becoming the third US Navy ship to bear the name Yosemite. She generally resembled her predecessor Newark, with a main armament of twelve 6-inch guns.[4][5][6]

San Francisco was launched on 26 October 1889, at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss Edith W. Benham; and commissioned on 15 November 1890, Captain William T. Sampson in command.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1911-". US Navy Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 138–141. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Toppan, Andrew (8 September 1996). "US Cruisers List: Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers". Hazegray.org. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels". US Navy Department. 1 July 1921. p. 72. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  4. ^ Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 152
  5. ^ Bauer and Roberts, pp. 143-144
  6. ^ Friedman, pp. 27, 460-461
  7. ^ "San Francisco (Cruiser No. 5) i". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.