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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Atlanta''''' was one of two [[Atlanta Class Cruiser (1884)|''Atlanta'' Class protected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Atlanta''''' was one of two [[Atlanta Class Cruiser (1884)|''Atlanta'' Class protected cruisers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | ||
She launched on 9 October 1884; sponsored by Miss Jessie Lincoln, the daughter of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln; and commissioned at the [[New York Navy Yard]] on 19 July 1886. | |||
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Revision as of 19:05, 16 November 2014
| U.S.S. Atlanta (1884) | |
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| Builder: | John Roach[1] |
| Ordered: | Act of 3 March, 1883[2] |
| Laid down: | 8 Nov, 1883[3] |
| Launched: | 9 Oct, 1884[4] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Jul, 1886[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 23 Mar, 1912[6] |
| Sold: | 10 Jun, 1912[7] |
U.S.S. Atlanta was one of two Atlanta Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.
She launched on 9 October 1884; sponsored by Miss Jessie Lincoln, the daughter of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 July 1886.
Service
Captains
- Captain Francis M. Bunce, 19 July, 1886
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
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