Columbia Class Cruiser (1892)
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Two Columbia class protected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1894.
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | ||||||
| Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Columbia | Cruiser No. 12 | Cramp | 30 December, 1890 | 26 July, 1892 | 23 April, 1894 | Sold 26 January, 1922 |
| Minneapolis | Cruiser No. 13 | Cramp | 16 December, 1891 | 12 August, 1893 | 13 December, 1894 | Sold 5 August, 1921 |
Construction
The Columbias were designed as commerce raiders, specifically for hunting down big Atlantic ocean liners during wartime.[1]
Although designed as three-funnel ships, Columbia was built with four and Minneapolis with two.[2]
Armament
- one 8-inch/40 caliber
- two 6-inch/40 caliber
- eight 4-inch/40 caliber
- twelve 6-pounders
- four 1-pounders
- four Gatling guns
- four above water torpedo tubes: 14-inch in Columbia, 18-inch in Minneapolis[4]
See Also
Footnotes
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.
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