U.S.S. Tennessee (1904)

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U.S.S. Tennessee (1904)
Hull Number: ACR-10
Builder: William Cramp & Sons[1]
Ordered: Act of 1 July, 1902[2]
Laid down: 20 Jun, 1903[3]
Launched: 3 Dec, 1904[4]
Commissioned: 17 Jul, 1906[5]
Wrecked: 29 Aug, 1916[6]

U.S.S. Tennessee was one of four Tennessee Class armoured cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

Service

She commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July, 1906 with Captain Albert Gleaves Berry in command.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 149.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 149.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 149.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 149.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 149.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 149.
  7. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 10.
  8. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 10.
  9. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 8.
  10. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  11. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  12. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  13. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  14. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
  15. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
  16. Register of Officers, 1913. p. 12.
  17. Register of Officers, 1914. p. 14.
  18. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 12.
  19. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 12.
  20. Beach. pp. 24-25.
  21. Beach. pp. 24-25.
  22. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 24.

Bibliography

  • Beach, Captain Edward L. (1967). The Wreck of the Memphis. London: Jarrolds Publishers Ltd.
  • 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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