USS Boston steams at full speed, 15.58 knots, over the measured mile at Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1887.

USS Boston manning the yards in honor of her majesty, Quenn Kapiolani, of the Sandwhich Islands, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in May 1887.

USS Boston st the New York Navy Yard in 1888. Note the Atlanta in the background.

Crewmen in landing force drill, New York Navy Yard, 1888. Guns are 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving cannon, on field carriages. Note the USS Boston in the background of the lower photograph.

USS Boston flag raising at the New York Navy Yard in 1888.

USS Boston life in the forecastle in 1888.

USS Boston in drydock at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 1888. Note fancy scrollwork on her bow bulwark, and reinforcing strip on the side of her ram bow.

USS Boston view on the "Half Deck" (interior of the superstructure), showing one of the ship's 6"/30 guns, its training arrangements, and one of its shells. Rifles stowed around the mast at right are of the "Trap-Door Springfield" type.

USS Boston view on the forecastle, looking aft, with crewmen at their stations "looking out for torpedo attack", 1888. Several weapons and related items are visible on the bridge wings, all of relevance for repelling a torpedo boat attack. They include (from left to right): a 1-pounder gun, a Gatling machine gun, a 37mm revolving cannon, and a searchlight. The ship's forward 8"/30 gun is in the right foreground, with its crew standing at their posts.

USS Boston view in the forward compartment of the berth deck, looking toward the bow, 1888. Note the storage lockers at right, tin cups hanging from the overhead, swinging mess table, cable reel, anchor chain and capstan mechanism, ladders and hatches.

USS Boston view in ship's chart house, 1888, showing steering wheel, binnacle, engine order telegraph, steam radiators and other features.

USS Boston view in ship's dispensary, 1888, showing bottles in sheet metal wall racks; instruments on tables and bulkheads; wooden joinerwork; electric light with hanging hook on top; and use of overhead pipes as a storage rack.

Taken in 1888, the guns are 6"/30.

USS Boston dressed with flags and manning her yards during the Centennial Naval Parade in New York Harbor, 29 April 1889. The four-star flag of Admiral David Dixon Porter is flying from her mainmast peak. Photographed by Loeffler, Tomkinsville, Staten Island, New York.

USS Boston, left and USS Atlanta tied up together, probably at the New York Navy Yard, circa the late 1880s or early 1890s. Note that their yards have been cocked to avoid striking each other.

USS Boston dressed with flags and manning her yards during the Centennial Naval Parade in New York Harbor, between 1890 and 1901.

USS Boston by H.G. Peabody, 1889.

The Squadron of Evolution, Commanded by Rear Admiral John G. Walker - At anchor in an East Coast port, 1889. Squadron flagship USS Chicago is in the left foreground. Astern of her are (from left to right): gunboat USS Yorktown (PG 1), cruiser USS Boston and cruiser USS Atlanta. Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York.

Detroit Publishing Company photo # LC-DIG-det-4a14142 courtesy of loc.gov

The Squadron of Evolution at sea under sail, circa 1889 - Photographed from the bridge of USS Chicago, the Squadron flagship. USS Boston and USS Atlanta are next astern, with USS Yorktown (PG 1) bringing up the rear. Note the brig rigs carried by Boston and cruiser Atlanta. Courtesy of Doctor Henry P. Walker, 1975.

USS Boston petty officers between 1890 & 1901.

USS Boston riot drill at Brooklyn Navy Yard between 1890 & 1901.

USS Boston land drill between 1890 & 1901.

Crewman climbing aboard the USS Boston, circa 1890-1901.

USS Boston moored alongside Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. bridge on the Hudson between 1890 & 1901.

The Japanese cruiser HIJMS Naniwa and USS Boston, possibly in Hawaii, circa 1893. Photographer unknown.

WASHINGTON, 11 Feb 2014 - An undated colorized photo shows the protected cruiser USS Boston during the Spanish-American War. Naval History and Heritage Command photo archives staff members are scanning a wooden box containing approximately 150 glass plate photographs depicting scenes from the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars.

Colored print after a painting by J.G. Tyler, copyright 1898 by P.F. Collier. Ships depicted in left side of print are (l-r): Spanish Warships Don Antonio de Ulloa, Castilla, and Reina Cristina. Those in right side are (l-r): USS Boston, USS Baltimore and USS Olympia.

Collections of the Navy Department, purchased from Lawrence Lane, 1970.

Contemporary halftone print after an artwork by W.G. Wood, originally reproducted by courtesy of F.A. Munsey. It depicts the Spanish ships at left (l-r): Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon and Reina Cristina. The Cavite batteries are in the center distance. At right are (l-r): USS Boston, USS Baltimore, USS Raleigh, USS Olympia and USS Concord.

USS Boston at Mare Island in August 1899 after her return from the Philippines. Note the Homeward Bound Pennant flying from the after mast.

USS Boston moored to the seawall at Mare Island on 12 August 1902.

USS Boston view in the crew's space, on the lower deck looking aft, with the mainmast at left. Taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 December 1918, following Boston's conversion for service as the receiving ship at Yerba Buena Island, California. Note the electric lights in the overhead.

Naval Training Station, San Francisco, California - View of the Navy Department wharf on Yerba Buena Island, looking southeast, 1921. The receiving ship Boston is at left, with an Army ambulance boat and several launches on the near side of the wharf. Collection of Eugene R. O'Brien.

USS Boston at Mare Island on 28 September 1936 serving as a Receiving Ship.

USS Boston tied up at Yerba Buena Island, while serving as receiving ship there, shortly before World War II. This ship was renamed Despatch on 9 August 1940 and designated IX 2 on 17 February 1941. Note the old destroyers at left, lightship at right and San Francisco Bay ferryboats in the distance. Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1979.

This artwork was made for display on board USS Boston (CAG 1) by Rod Claudius, Rome, Italy 1962. Photographed by PHCS G.R. Phelps, Boston Naval Shipyard, 10 April 1963.

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