Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)

Three Montgomery class unprotected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1894.

Overview of 3 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Montgomery	Columbian IW	Feb, 1890	5 Dec, 1891	21 Jun, 1894	Sold 14 Nov, 1919
Detroit	Columbian IW	Feb, 1890	28 Oct, 1891	20 Jul, 1894	Sold 22 Dec, 1910
Marblehead	City Point IW	Oct, 1890	11 Aug, 1892	2 Apr, 1894	Sold 5 Aug, 1921

Armament

As Completed

• two 6-inch/40 caliber
• eight 5-inch/40 caliber
• six 6-pounders
• two 1-pounders
• two Gatling guns
• three 18-inch torpedo tubes

Rearmed

• ten 5-inch/40 caliber
• six 6-pounders
• two 1-pounders
• two Colt machine guns
• three 18-inch torpedo tubes

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.