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USS BROOKLYN (Armored Cruiser No. 3/CA 3)


   

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: Nan - Charlie - Sugar
(Courtesy of John Spivey)


Click image for large version - Drawing courtesy of Robert Jensen

CLASS - BROOKLYN
Displacement 9,215 Tons, Dimensions, 402' 7" (oa) x 64' 8" x 26' 2" (Max)
Armament 8 x 8"/35, 12 x 5"/40 12 x 6pdr, 4 x 1pdr, 5 x 18" tt.
Armor, 3" Belt, 5 1/2" Turrets, 6" Deck, 7 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 16,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 570.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 02 AUG 1893 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA
Launched 02 OCT 1895
Commissioned 01 DEC 1896
Decommissioned 16 MAY 1906
Commissioned 12 APR 1907
Decommissioned 21 DEC 1907
Commissioned 02 MAY 1914
Reclassified CA 3 in 1920
Decommissioned 09 MAR 1921
Stricken 09 MAR 1921
Fate: Sold for scrap 20 DEC 1921
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2)
Second Row - Sampson Medal - Spanish Campaign Medal - Philippine Campaign Medal
Third Row - China Relief Expedition - Cuban Pacification Medal - World War I Victory Medal w/ASIATIC Clasp

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Size Image Description Contributed
By And/Or Copyright
Brooklyn 35k Port side, Undated. USN
Brooklyn 28k Port side, Undated. (dark) USN
Brooklyn 31k Stern View showing stern guns. USN
Brooklyn 34k Port Side, Undated. USN
Brooklyn
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90k Starboard side view at anchor, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
Brooklyn
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444k Port side view while at anchor, date and location unknown. Robert M. Cieri
Brooklyn
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349k Colorized postcard, date and location unknown. Arnold Putnam
Brooklyn
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126k Port quarter view of Brooklyn while in drydock, date and location unknown. David Wright
Brooklyn
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227k View of unique bridge structure and forecastle deck of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) looking aft from the bow sometime circa 1896-1901.

Library of Congress, Photo #LC-D4-21067

Mike Green

Brooklyn
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Brooklyn
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120k

 

 

92k

Stereoview of a sailor pointing out damage sustained during the Battle of Santiago. Tommy Trampp
Brooklyn
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100k

Port Bow view of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) in League Island Navy Yard dry dock 1896.

Library of Congress.

Tommy Trampp
Brooklyn
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231k

Stern view of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) in League Island Navy Yard dry dock 1896.

Library of Congress, LC-D4-20178

Mike Green
Brooklyn
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989k

League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia. USS Brooklyn spar deck. Circa 1898.

Detroit Publishing Company.

Ron Reeves
Brooklyn
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189k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) circa 1898.

USN photo

Robert Hurst
Brooklyn 56k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) At the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, 1898. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Collection of the New York Naval Shipyard.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 91960.

USNHC
Brooklyn 70k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) In New York Harbor during the Spanish-American War victory naval parade, August 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 63096.

USNHC
Brooklyn 64k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) In New York Harbor during the victory fleet review, August 1898. USS New York (Armored Cruiser No. 2) is in the left background. The original photograph was copyright by George P. Hall & Son, New York, 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 61500.

USNHC
Brooklyn 50k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) Returns to the U.S. from Cuban Waters, August 1898. Her crewmen are waving to the photographer. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by Strohmeyer & Wyman, New York, 1898. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100345.

USNHC
Brooklyn 51k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) Steaming in the New York naval parade, August 1898, upon the return of the fleet from Cuban waters. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card by the American Stereoscopic Company, copyrighted by R.Y. Young, 1899. Donation of Louis Smaus, 1985.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 100290-A.

USNHC
Brooklyn
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95k

Starboard bow view most likely off New York City during the victory fleet review, August 1898.

"Photoprint copyrighted by Charles E. Bolles.

No. 977."

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b18686 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b18686
CONTROL #: 2003656193
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-71302 (b&w film copy neg.)

Tom Kermen
Brooklyn
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693k News article "The Brooklyn's War Lessons" from the Salt Lake Herald, 28 August 1898. Michael Mohl
Brooklyn 29k Starboard bow view, 1898, flagship of the "Flying Squadron", Commodore Schley commanding. Tommy Trampp
Brooklyn
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164k

"Next" -- Barber shop scene on board USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser # 3) in 1898. Note that this shop uses a portable barber's chair, set up in Brooklyn's windlass room.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 56595.

Robert Hurst

Brooklyn
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Brooklyn
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3K

 

 

 

3K

In keeping with a tradition from the Civil War, the Citizens of Brooklyn, N.Y. wished to honor the Sailors and Marines who served aboard the USS BROOKLYN, Commodore Schley's flagship and one of the major combatants at the naval Battle of Santiago. In order to do so they struck a fine heavy bronze medal and presented them to the crew of the vessel. Tommy Tramp
Brooklyn
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212k

Berth deck cooks aboard cruiser USS Brooklyn, 1899.

Library of Congress

Dick Carter
Brooklyn 58k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) In drydock at the New York Navy Yard, 1898, with men working over her side. Note rudder and starboard propeller. Original photograph was copyright 1899 by R.Y. Young. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, Corte Madera, CA, 1971.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 73613.

USNHC
Brooklyn
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207k Photo caption: "The Boatswain, and battle-scarred Capstan, - Admiral Schley's Flagship "Brooklyn." Dated 1899 Tommy Trampp
Brooklyn 201k Starboard Side, 1899. Image # (19-A-25-15) National Archives
Brooklyn
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249k Bar Harbor, Maine, 6-13 August 1899. From the collection of Raymond Strout. Jonathan Eno
Brooklyn 59k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) Sailors and Marines on the cruiser's forecastle, with mascot goat, 1898. Note details of pilothouse and bridge, improvised gunport shields on her forward 8" gun turret, and very odd "flathat" worn by one sailor. The original photograph was published on a stereograph card, copyright by C.L. Wasson, 1899. Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(Ret), 1982.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 93704.

USNHC
Brooklyn
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148k Port bow view while in New York Harbor, copyright by Enrique Muller, 1901 and published by The Rotograph Company of New York. Robert M. Cieri
Brooklyn
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123k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) being towed into her mooring dock at Melbourne, Australia, April-May 1901.

State Library Victoria, Photo #H91.325/414

Mike Green
Brooklyn
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112k

Photo shows the Russian cruiser Gromoboi (left) and the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) (right) at Port Melbourne in April-May 1901 for the Federation celebrations.

State Library Victoria, Photo #H83./5

Mike Green
Brooklyn
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143k

View of the USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) looking over the heads of crowd on shore towards armored cruiser. The Brooklyn was moored in Melbourne during the Federation Celebrations, as part of her cruise to Australia and Dutch East Indies (10 April-7 August 1901).

State Library Victoria, Photo #H2006.188/72

Mike Green
Brooklyn
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179k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) in the Harbor of Cherbourg, France, to receive the remains of John Paul Jones for return to the United States, July 1905. Jones' casket, with its honor guard of American and French sailors, is being carried to the Brooklyn by the French torpedo boat in the foreground. From a painting by Reuterdahl, 1905. Based on sketches made from the Brooklyn's first cutter.

NHHC Photo #NH 61813
Robert Hurst
Brooklyn
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201k USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb. 1913, during the American Marines mobilization to go to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. Library of Congress
Brooklyn
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132k


USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb. 1913, during the American Marines mobilization to go to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution.
Library of Congress
Brooklyn
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118k USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb. 1913, during the American Marines mobilization to go to Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. Library of Congress
Brooklyn
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127k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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91k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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81k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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180k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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121k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Caption says "Coaling ship, Starboard lighter" From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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146k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Another Coaling view. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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112k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Gunnery practice. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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119k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Gunnery practice. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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114k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Target sleds being positioned. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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146k WWI era photos, most likely from Asiatic station. Gunnery practice Observers. From the collection of Roy H Williams. Roy Williams
Brooklyn
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179k

The armored cruiser USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) anchored off Vladivostok, in 1918. Photo by American official photographer.

Photo #Q 69551 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Part of the American First World War Official Exchange Collection.

Robert Hurst
Brooklyn
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183k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) anchored off Vladivostok, Russia ca. 1918-1920 during the North Russian Intervention which supported the White Russian troops against the Bolsheviks.

Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo #Q69552.

Mike Green
Brooklyn
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131k

USS Brooklyn (Armored Cruiser No. 3) and HMS Suffolk at Vladivostok, Russia in 1919 during the North Russian Intervention which supported the White Russian troops against the Bolsheviks.

Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo #Q97532.

Mike Green
Brooklyn
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2.5m Photo of Brooklyn in Mare Island's dry dock #2 7 October 1920. The stern of Vigilant (YT 25) can be seen forward of the cruiser. Darryl Baker
Brooklyn
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1.7m News article from “The Brooklyn Daily Eagle” dated 18 Jan 1922, page 1on the scrapping of the Brooklyn. Jim McGovern

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates
Cook, Francis Augustus, CAPT 1864 RADM 12/01/1896 - 04/1899
Jewell, Theodore Frelinghuysen, CAPT 1865 RADM 04/1899 - 06/26/1899
Mead, William Whitman, CAPT 1865 RADM 06/26/1899 - 12/13/1899
Todd, Chapman Coleman,CAPT 1866   12/15/1901 - 10/31/1902
Cowles, Walter Cleveland, LCDR 1873   10/31/1902 - 06/05/1903
Knox, Harry, CAPT 1867   06/05/1903 - 04/21/1904
Hawley, John Mitchell, CAPT 1868   04/21/1904 - 10/11/1905
Nazro, Arthus Phillips, CAPT 1869   10/11/1905 - 08/02/1906
Decommissioned     05/16/1906 -04/12/1907
Collins, John Bartholomew, CAPT 1870   04/12/1907 - 12/21/1907
Decommissioned     12/21/1907 - 05/02/1914
Christy, Harley Hannibal, CDR 1891 VADM 03/02/1914 - 05/16/1914
Allen, William Henry, LT 1901 RADM 05/16/1914 - 07/16/1914
Rhodes, Butler Young, LT 1903   07/16/1914 - 12/1914
Wallace, Levin James, CDR 1892   01/16/1915 - 02/12/1915
Christy, Harley Hannibal, CDR 1891 VADM 02/12/1915 - 06/06/1915
Day, George Calvin, CDR 1892 RADM 06/06/1915 - 05/07/1916
Althouse, Adalbert, CAPT 1891   05/07/1916 - 07/01/1918
Shapley, Lloyd Stowell, CDR 1899   07/01/1918 - 03/15/1920
Knox, Dudley Wright, CDR 1896 COMO 03/15/1920 - 03/09/1921

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)


USS BROOKLYN (Armored Cruiser No. 3/CA 3) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

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