USS Cleveland (C-19), in Dewey, floating dry dock, Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, 14 January 1908. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Cleveland |
Namesake | City of Cleveland, Ohio |
Ordered | 3 March 1899 |
Awarded | 14 December 1899 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Cost | $1,041,650 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Laid down | 1 June 1900 |
Launched | 28 September 1901 |
Sponsored by | Miss R. Hanna |
Commissioned | 2 November 1903 |
Decommissioned | 1 November 1929 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 13 December 1929 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for scrap 7 March 1930, in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty, limiting naval armament |
General characteristics (as built) [1] [2] | |
Class and type | Denver-class protected cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) (mean) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Speed | |
Complement | 30 officers 261 enlisted men |
Armament | |
Armor | |
General characteristics (1921) [2] [3] | |
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USS Cleveland (C-19/PG-33/CL-21) was a United States Navy Denver-class protected cruiser.
She was launched 28 September 1901 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by "Miss R. Hanna" (probably Ruth Hanna McCormick), and commissioned 2 November 1903, with Commander William Henry Hudson Southerland in command. [4]
The Cleveland cruised with the European Squadron, in West Indies and Cuban waters, along the east coast between Hampton Roads and Boston, and on a midshipmen training cruise until 17 May 1907. She then sailed from New York via Gibraltar, Port Said, Aden, Colombo and Singapore to Cavite, arriving 1 August 1907. After three years on the Asiatic station, the Cleveland returned to Mare Island Navy Yard 1 August 1910. Decommissioned 3 August 1910, she was placed in second reserve 8 April 1912, and returned to full commission 31 August 1912. [4]
The Cleveland alternated patrols in waters off Mexico and Central America with reserve periods at Mare Island Navy Yard between 1912 and 1917, protecting American lives and interests from the turmoil of revolution. On 31 March 1917, she arrived at Hampton Roads, and from 9 April to 22 June, patrolled from Cape Hatteras to Charleston. Assigned to escort convoys to a mid-ocean meeting point, the Cleveland made seven voyages between June 1917 and December 1918. [4] In November 1919, Cleveland returned the body of former Salvadoran president Carlos Meléndez (who had died in New York in August 1919) to La Libertad, El Salvador. [5]
Returning to patrols off Central and South America, the Cleveland was assigned to the Pacific Fleet once more from 16 February 1920, returning to Caribbean waters from time to time. She was reclassified CL-21 on 8 August 1921. During her continued service in the Caribbean and along the South American coasts, the Cleveland made courtesy calls, supported diplomatic activities, gave disaster relief, and represented American interests in troubled areas. She was decommissioned at Boston 1 November 1929, and sold for scrapping 7 March 1930 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty limiting naval armament. [4]
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