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CLASS - ST. LOUIS
Displacement 9,700 Tons, Dimensions, 426' 6" (oa) x 66' x 25' 6" (Max)
Armament 14 x 6"/50, 18 x 3"/50
Armor, 4" Belt, 4" Shields, 3" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 21,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 22 Knots, Crew 670.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 30 JAN 1902 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport
News, VA
Launched 23 January 1904
Commissioned 17 OCT 1905
Decommissioned 08 OCT 1910
Commissioned 14 SEP 1912
Reclassified CA 19 17 JUL 1920
Decommissioned 04 DEC 1923
Stricken 25 NOV 1929
Fate: Sold for scrap on 06 MAR 1930 to General Salvage Company of Seattle,
Washington in accordance with the London Naval Treaty.
Subsequently sold to the Powell River Co., British Columbia, Canada to be
used as a breakwater.
(Fate information provided by Chris Vallery and David Chessum)
Click On Image For Full Size Image |
Size | Image Description | Contributed By And/Or Copyright |
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1.1m | Charleston under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA circa 1904-1905. Note the condition of the hull and superstructure, which has yet to be primed and painted. | Michael Mohl | |
acr0881 |
5.75m | West Virginia(Armored Cruiser No. 5), Maryland (Armored Cruiser No. 8), and Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) under construction Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, circa 1904-1905. | Michael Mohl | |
acr0880 |
4.25m | From right to left - Charleston (Cruiser No. 22), West Virginia (Armored Cruiser No. 5) and Maryland (Armored Cruiser No. 8), under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, circa 1904-1905. Note that Charleston's guns have not yet been installed and the coaling barge along side. | Michael Mohl | |
144k | Starboard view, Undated. | USN | ||
c2223 |
806k | Two Apprentices (as noted by the stripes on the cuff of their sleeve) pose in front of a 6-inch deck gun, date unknown. The white piping around their shoulder indicates that they were assigned to the Seaman's Branch, which consisted of boatswain's mates, fire controlmen, gunner's mates, minemen, quartermasters, signalmen, torpedomen, and turret captains. Artificers Branch, machinist mates, water tenders, boilermakers, electrician's mates and motor machinist mates, wore red piping. | NHHC | |
c2220 |
268k | Circa 1905-1906, USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) anchored at an unknown location. Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo #Q68322. |
Mike Green | |
49k | The Armored Cruiser Charleston on a Post Card copywritten 1906 by Enrique Muller, and published by Illustrated Postal Card Co., N.Y. & Germany. From the Collection of Charles Munson. | Charles Munson | ||
c2221 |
2.2m | A view of Charleston on the forecastle looking forward, 17 November 1905. Note the 6-inch gun, wooden sea chests, open hatches, and ventilators. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 78681 |
NHHC | |
c2222 |
2m | Another early glimpse of the ship, this time the forecastle looking aft, 17 November 1905. Note the bridge details, ventilators, winch cover, and the 6-inch gun. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 78682 |
NHHC | |
c2205 |
211k | Stern view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) arriving at Mare Island on 1 October 1906. | Darryl Baker | |
c2206 |
213k | Stern view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) at her berth at Mare Island on 7 November 1906. Ship forward of Charleston is USS Boston and USS Wyoming (M 10) is in the channel passing astern of her. | Darryl Baker | |
c2210 |
254k |
USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) preparing to enter dry dock #1 at Mare Island on 20 November 1906. U.S. Navy photo #760 |
Darryl Baker | |
c2211 |
276k |
Stern view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island on 21 November 1906. U.S. Navy photo #763 |
Darryl Baker | |
c2212 |
544k |
Bow view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island on 21 November 1906. (Photo cleaned up by Tom Kermen) U.S. Navy photo #764 |
Darryl Baker | |
c2207 |
158k | Stern view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) at her berth at Mare Island in December 1906. Ship forward of Charleston is USS Lawton and USS Relief is in the channel. | Darryl Baker | |
c2209 |
145k | USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) as she arrives at Mare Island in March 1908. The yard ferry launch Dart is seen at her berth in the lower right corner. | Darryl Baker | |
c2208 |
264k | Two cruiser in dry dock at Mare Island. USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22), broadside in the photo, is in dry dock #1 and USS South Dakota (Armored Cruiser No. 9) is in the new dry dock #2. USS South Dakota was the first ship to dock in dry dock #2 on 14 March 1908. | Darryl Baker | |
c2224 |
1.8m | Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) (left) and USS Charleston at Puget Sound Navy Yard prior to World War I, when Philadelphia served as a receiving ship. Note the contrast between Charleston’s brightly painted hull and her drab stacks. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 92172) |
NHHC | |
c2214 |
820k | Ships officers on the Fo'c'sle circa 1916-1917 as the Captain looks to be Capt. Washington. | David A. Jones, MMCM(SW) USN Retired | |
c2213 |
743k |
Charleston in Drydock #1, Balboa, Canal Zone 8 Sept 1916. Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, , author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World.. |
Michael Mohl | |
c2225 |
800k | Charleston tends (left–right) C 5 (Submarine No. 16), C 2 (Submarine No. 13), and C 3 (Submarine No. 14) while operating in the Panama Canal Zone, circa 1916–1917. Note the sailors washing clothes on the float between the cruiser and her charges, and the small rowboat. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 100941 |
NHHC | |
c2215 |
1.2m |
USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) passing Cucaracha slide in the Gaillard Cut 23 March 1917. Photo by Ernest Hallen, from the digital collection of Ron Armstrong, , author of The Panama Canal, the Invisible Wonder of the World. |
Michael Mohl | |
c2219 |
2.78m | The Fiddlers Three Company give a performance for the benefit of the crew of the USS Charleston on the deck of the ship. | Michael Mohl | |
99k | Starboard quarter view at anchor sometime during WWI, From the Collection of Bert D. Blackmon, Sr. | Bert D. Blackmon III | ||
c2217 |
491k | USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) arriving at Hoboken, New Jersey, with returning U.S. soldiers, circa 1919. | Robert Hurst | |
c2227 |
491k | USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 22) sports a worn hull and superstructure and still steams in a haze gray paint scheme following World War I in this shot, circa the 1920's. Photo from the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. NHHC photo #69322. |
Darryl Baker | |
c2204 |
86k | Ships bell, currently on display at Patriot's Point Museum, Charleston, SC. | Robert Hall |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Winslow, Herbert, CAPT | 1869 | RADM | 10/17/1905 - 12/20/1905 |
Winslow, Cameron McRae, CDR | 1874 | ADM | 12/20/1905 - 06/1907 |
Russell, Robert L., LCDR | 06/11/1907 - 06/18/1907 | ||
Beatty, Frank Edmund, CDR | 1875 | RADM | 06/18/1907 - 07/02/1908 |
Koester, Oscar, W., LCDR | 07/02/1908 - 08/03/1908 | ||
Knapp, Harry Shepard, CAPT | 1878 | VADM | 08/03/1908 - 07/21/1909 |
Gibbons, John Henry, CDR | 1879 | 07/21/1909 - 10/08/1910 | |
Decommissioned | 10/08/1910 - 09/14/1912 | ||
Bradshaw, George Brown, CDR | 1889 | 09/14/1912 - 03/15/1913 | |
Robertson, Ashley Herman, CDR | 1888 | RADM | 03/15/1913 - 06/17/1913 |
Schelling, John M., LT | 06/17/1913 - 07/15/1013 | ||
Washington, Thomas, CDR | 1887 | RADM | 07/15/1913 - 01/26/1914 |
Traut, Frederick A., CDR | 01/26/1914 - 03/27/1916 | ||
Campbell, Edwared Hale, CAPT | 1893 | VADM | 03/27/1916 - 10/11/1917 |
Hines, John F., CAPT | 10/11/1917 - 09/04/1918 | ||
Littlefield, W. L., CAPT | 1876 | 09/04/1918 - 12/06/1920 | |
Knox, Dudley Wright, CAPT | 1896 | COMO | 12/06/1920 - 07/20/1921 |
Brown, George Patton, LCDR | 1902 | 07/20/1921 - 06/01/1922 | |
Tarrant, William Theodore, CAPT | 1898 | RADM | 06/01/1922 - 12/04/1923 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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