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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''St. Louis''''' was one of two [[St. Louis Class Armed Merchant Cruiser (1828)|''St. Louis'' Class armed merchant cruisers]] before the [[Spanish-American War]].
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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''St. Louis''''' was one of two [[St. Louis Class Armed Merchant Cruiser (1898)|''St. Louis'' Class armed merchant cruisers]] chartered by the [[U.S. Navy]] during the [[Spanish-American War]].
  
 
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Commissioned 20 dec, 1928 from Washington D.C. Naval Yard.
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Launched as S.S. ''St. Louis'' in 1894, she was commissioned as U.S.S. ''St. Louis'' in 1898.  Engaged first in cutting submarine cables, she was at the [[Battle of Santiago de Cuba]] on 3 July.
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She was again commissioned during the Great War as U.S.S. ''Louisville'', serving from 1918 to 1919.
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptUS}}|name=Caspar Frederick Goodrich|nick=Caspar F. Goodrich|appt=24 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 5}}|precBy=New Command}}
 
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 29 April 2021

U.S.S. St. Louis (1894)
Hull Number: None
Builder: Cramp[1]
Launched: 12 Sep, 1894[2]
Chartered: 22 Apr, 1898[3]
Commissioned: 24 Apr, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 2 Sep, 1898[5]
Returned: 2 Sep, 1898[6]
U.S.S. St. Louis was one of two St. Louis Class armed merchant cruisers chartered by the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War.

Service

Launched as S.S. St. Louis in 1894, she was commissioned as U.S.S. St. Louis in 1898. Engaged first in cutting submarine cables, she was at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July.

She was again commissioned during the Great War as U.S.S. Louisville, serving from 1918 to 1919.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 33.
  7. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 5.

Bibliography


St. Louis Class Armed Merchant Cruiser
  St. Louis St. Paul  
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