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USS Chattanooga (CL-18)

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for several months of patrol duties in the Caribbean, searching for German raiders. From July 1917, she escorted convoys from the Atlantic coast to rendezvous with other escorts in the approaches to French ports. This rugged duty across the stormy mid-Atlantic was broken only by two escort missions
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on 7 March 1903. Construction was much slower than contracted (the contracted completion date was 14 June 1902), and when the shipbuilding trust that owned the Crescent Shipyard, the US Government cancelled the contract and took possession of the part-completed ship, which was moved to the
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in January 1905, during which she reached a speed of 16.65 knots (30.84 km/h; 19.16 mph) in a four-hour trial, she reported to the
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aided in training men of the Maine and Massachusetts Naval Militia, and cruised briefly in the Caribbean. On 28 December she cleared
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White, W. W. (February 1905). "The U.S.S. Chattanooga: General Description—Standardization and Official Trials".
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in New York harbor 26 December 1918. After an overhaul, the cruiser carried a party of Liberian officials to
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sailed among English and French ports until June, though on 1 April 1919, she, along with
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and duty in the Pacific. Between 29 April 1906, when she arrived at
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8 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading rifles
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was decommissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard 17 September 1910.
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was placed in reserve commission 31 August 1912, remaining at
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joined the Asiatic Fleet in its winter operations in the
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Mark Kennedy, "Ship's Bell finds a home, a purpose",
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6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns
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Naval Vessels" 237:General characteristics (as built) 25: 1050: 64: 42: 611:for finishing in October 1903. 387:(30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) 661:received on board the body of 512:General characteristics (1921) 27:Denver-class protected cruiser 1: 1066:. The entry can be found 812:19 July 1921, and laid up at 483: in (4.8 mm) (flat) 471: in (64 mm) (slope) 1039:Chattanooga Times Free Press 408:31 officers 261 enlisted men 325:Babcock & Wilcox boilers 232:Sold for scrap, 8 March 1930 1012:February 1905, pp. 115–121. 825:s bell was at a now-closed 667:United States Naval Academy 1279: 621:on 11 October 1904. 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USS Chattanooga (C-16)
USS Chattanooga

Chattanooga
Crescent Shipyard
Elizabethport, New Jersey
Hull symbol
Denver-class
protected cruiser
long tons
t
oa
pp
Babcock & Wilcox boilers
ihp
kW
vertical triple expansion
reciprocating engines
screws
Schooner
knots
knots
Trial
5 in (127 mm)/50
caliber
Breech-loading rifles
6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns
1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns
Deck
Shields

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