United States |
Name: |
Charleston |
Namesake: |
City of Charleston, South Carolina |
Ordered: |
7 June 1900 |
Awarded: |
30 March 1901 |
Builder: |
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
Cost: |
$2,740,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Laid down: |
30 January 1902 |
Launched: |
23 January 1904 |
Sponsored by: |
Miss H. Rhett |
Commissioned: |
17 October 1905 |
Decommissioned: |
4 December 1923 |
Reclassified: |
CA-19, 17 July 1920 |
Identification: |
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Fate: |
sold for scrapping on 6 March 1930, in accordance with the provisions of the London Naval Treaty |
Status: |
subsequently sold to the Powell River Co., British Columbia, Canada, to be used as a breakwater |
General characteristics (as built)[1][2] |
Class and type: |
St. Louis-class protected cruiser |
Displacement: |
- 9,700 long tons (9,856 t) (standard)
- 10,839 long tons (11,013 t) (full load)
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Length: |
- 426 ft 6 in (130.00 m)oa
- 424 ft (129 m)pp
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Beam: |
66 ft (20 m) |
Draft: |
22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) (mean) |
Installed power: |
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Propulsion: |
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Speed: |
- 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
- 22.04 knots (40.82 km/h; 25.36 mph) (Speed on Trial)
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Complement: |
54 officers 624 enlisted 48 Marines |
Armament: |
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Armor: |
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General characteristics (1921)[2][3] |
Armament: |
- 12 × 6 in/50 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles
- 4 × 3 in/50 caliber guns
- 2 × 3 in/50 anti-aircraft guns
- 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) saluting guns
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