U.S.S. Cleveland (1901)

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U.S.S. Cleveland (1901)
Hull Number: Cruiser No. 19[1]
CL-21 (8 August, 1921)[2]
Builder: Bath Iron Works[3]
Ordered: Act of 3 March, 1899[4]
Laid down: 1 Jun, 1900[5]
Launched: 28 Sep, 1901[6]
Commissioned: 2 Nov, 1903[7]
Decommissioned: 1 Nov, 1929[8]
Sold: 7 Mar, 1930[9]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Cleveland was one of six Denver Class protected cruisers completed for the U.S. Navy.

She was launched 28 September 1901 by Bath Iron Works, sponsored by Miss R. Hanna (probably Ruth Hanna McCormick), and commissioned 2 November 1903, Commander William Henry Hudson Southerland in command.

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Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 155.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  8. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  9. Friedman. U.S. Cruisers. p. 450.
  10. Register of Officers, 1906. p. 12.
  11. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 14.
  12. Register of Officers, 1908. p. 12.
  13. Register of Officers, 1909. p. 14.
  14. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 14.
  15. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 14.
  16. Register of Officers, 1919. pp. 20-21.
  17. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 14-15.
  18. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 16-17.
  19. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 16-17.
  20. Register of Officers, 1928. p. 14.
  21. Register of Officers, 1930. pp. 14-15.

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Denver Class Protected Cruiser
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  Galveston Tacoma Cleveland  
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