U.S.S. Montgomery (1891)

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U.S.S. Montgomery (1891)
Hull Number: Cruiser No. 9
Builder: Columbian IW
Ordered: Act of 7 September, 1888[1]
Laid down: Feb, 1890[2]
Launched: 5 Dec, 1891[3]
Commissioned: 21 Jun, 1894[4]
Decommissioned: 16 Mar, 1918[5]
Stricken: 25 Aug, 1919[6]
Sold: 14 Nov, 1919[7]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Montgomery was one of three Montgomery Class unprotected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

She was commissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard on 21 June, 1894 with Commander Charles H. Davis, Jr. in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 153.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 449.
  8. Register of Officers, 1896. p. 8.
  9. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  10. List and Station, July 1899. p. 6.
  11. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 12.
  12. Pensacola News Journal 6 October, 1912 p. 5.
  13. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  14. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 12.
  15. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 14.
  16. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
  17. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.
  18. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 14.

Bibliography


Montgomery Class Unprotected Cruiser
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