Montgomery Class Cruiser (1891)
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Three Montgomery class unprotected cruisers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1894.
| Overview of three vessels | ||||||
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| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | ||||||
| Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Montgomery | Cruiser No. 9 | Columbian IW | February 1890 | 5 December, 1891 | 21 June, 1894 | Sold 14 November, 1919 |
| Detroit | Cruiser No. 10 | Columbian IW | February 1890 | 28 October, 1891 | 20 July, 1894 | Sold 22 December, 1910 |
| Marblehead | Cruiser No. 11 | City Point IW | October 1890 | 11 August, 1892 | 2 April, 1894 | Sold 5 August, 1921 |
Construction
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
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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