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NR | USS Chester (CS 1) was sponsored by Miss Dorothy Wallace Sproul, daughter of then PA state senator William Sproul (he would become Govenor in 1919.) | Image and text provided by Penn State University Libraries; University Park, PA. Photo from Evening Public Ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 21 January 1919, Night Extra Closing Stock Prices, Image 20, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | USS Chester (CS 1). The Only Vessel of the Kind in United Stales’ Navy, Launched from the Yard of Iron Works Wednesday, June 26, 1907. |
Image and text provided by Maine State Library Photo from Daily Kennebec Journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 27 June 1907, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 0400112 |
214k | Stern view while in drydock on 18 February 1908. Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.4500.18469 |
Mike Green | |
 0400121 |
NR | USS CHESTER (CS 1) BATH BUILT CRUISER, MAKES GOOD IN OFFICIAL TRY OUT. 26.07 Knot Gait Shown In Official Trial Friday On Owl’s Head Course |
Image and text provided by Maine State Library Photo from Daily Kennebec Journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 29 February 1908, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 0400110 |
161k | Starboard side view while underway, probably during builders trials, 28 February 1908. Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.4500.18489 |
Mike Green | |
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166k | Port bow view while underway, probably during builders trials, 28 February 1908. Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.4500.18486 |
Mike Green | |
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224k | Starboard side view while moored at Bath Iron Works, Bath ME, 2 March 1908 (just prior to her commissioning). | Robert M. Cieri | |
 0400101 |
1.18k | A NEW RACE-HORSE The new scout cruiser Chester (CS 1), fitted with turbime engines of high power. |
Photo by Enrique Mueller Jr., from loc.gov courtesy of Joe Reese. | |
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122k | Port view underway, Undated. Fairly good details. | USN | |
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106k | Starboard view underway passing the US Naval Prison at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. The ship is heading eastward in the Piscataqua River and is about a mile upriver from passing between Fort Foster in Kittery and Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire., Undated. Fairly good details. (caption updated by Mike Pedersen) | USN | |
 0400109 |
USS Chester (CS 1) underway while running trials, circa 1908. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #NH 61700. |
Robert Hurst | ||
 0400126 |
NR | MAYOR D.N. JOHNSON OF CHESTER. PENN., COMMANDER H. B. WILSON. USN, AND PUNCH BOWL PRESENTED BY CITIZENS OF CHESTER TO THE USS CHESTER (CS 1) YESTERDAY. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 18 December 1908, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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155k | Port view underway. 1908. | Tom Daly | |
 0400106 |
156k | USS Chester (CS 1) underway in New York Harbor on 14 February 1909. Source: Imperial War Museum, American First World War Official Exchange Commission, Photo No. IWM (Q 68551) |
Mike Green | |
 0400312 |
NR | Uncle Sam to Race Three Ocean Greyhounds Across Ocean At Top: Cruiser Chester (CS 1) in Center: Cruiser Birmingham, and at Bottom Cruiser Salem, three Scout Boats from the Navy Department Which Are to Negotiate a 5,000-Mile Race. The navy department is about to institute a naval race unprecedented in naval history. To the Azores and back, a distance of some 5,000 miles, three scout cruisers are to be sent away on a record defying trip for the purpose of settling the much mooted question of superiority of different types of engines used in American naval construction. |
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of North Dakota. Photo from The Fargo Forum and Daily Republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 17 March 1909, Image 7, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | SCOUT SHIP USS CHESTER (CS-1) EASILY SHOWS HEELS Two Sister Ships USS Birmingham (CS-2) and USS Salem (CS-3) May Use More Coal But Bath, Me., Craft Can Produce Speed. |
Image and text provided by Maine State Library Photo from Daily Kennebec Journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 13 April 1909, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | PANIC IN TRIPOLI AS WAR HOVERS NEAR; | MASSACRE FEARED Map showing Italy and Turkey and the country over which trouble has arisen between them; the heads of these two countries who are preparing to fly at each other’s throat, and the cruiser Chester (CS 1), dispatched to Tripoli to watch American interests. |
Image and text provided by Rutgers University Libraries Photo from Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 27 September 1911, HOME EDITION, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | SCOUT CRUISER CHESTER (CS 1), ORDERED FROM MALTA TO TRIPOLI, OSTENSIBLY TO LOOK INTO CHOLERA SITUATION THERE | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC Photo from New-York Tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 07 November 1911, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | Millionaires Perish Among 1,300 Lost in Sea Tragedy MAP SHOWING APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE TITANIC'S DISASTER AND THE POSITIONS OF THE RESCUE SHIP AND OTHER VESSELS MENTIONED IN THE DISPATCHES. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 17 April 1912, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | CRUISER CHESTER (CS 1) CONVOYING THE CARPATHIA. MANY BODIES OF THE TITANIC'S PASSENGERS BEING TAKEN TO BOSTON BY THE CALIFORNIAN CHESTER TO REACH THE CARPATHIA IN NEXT FEW HOURS Scout Cruiser Salem Transmits Wireless Message Here, Thus Establishing Chain of Communication An unbroken chain of wireless communication between the steamship Carpathia, bearing the survivors of the lost Titanic, and the Navy Department, was established shortly before noon today. The first official message coming through addressed to the Secretary of the Navy gave information that the scout cruiser Chester was about to pick up the Carpathia, and start the convoy to port. The message was received at the radio station at the Washington Navy Yard from the scout cruiser Salem, which is making good speed in a northeasterly course from Hampton Roads to pick up the Carpathia and the Chester. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 17 April 1912, LAST EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | WASHINGTON AROUSED TO ORDER RIGID INVESTIGATION OF TITANIC TRAGEDY Sketch of Titanic After Crash, Showing Work of Loading Passengers Into Lifeboats The scout cruiser CHESTER (CS 1) won a thrilling race over her sister ship, the Salem, up the New England coast today and established communication with the steamer Carpathia which has on board the survivors from the steamship Titanic. The names of all the first and second-class passengers who had been aboard the Titanic have been sent to shore by the Carpathia, and the lists as transmitted are complet and accurate, the message reads. |
Image and text provided by Rutgers University Libraries. Photo from Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 17 April 1912, HOME EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 0400313 |
NR | ABANDON ALL HOPE FOR THOSE NOT ON CARPATHIA "GRAVEYARD OF THE SEAS" IS STORM CENTER OF BATTLE FOR NEWS OF DISASTER |
Image and text provided by University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa, AL. Photo from The Birmingham Age-Herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 17 April 1912, Image 11, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 0400317 |
NR | No Definite Information Can Be Had From the Carpathia, Even When Asked for in the Name of the President of the United States, J. Bruce Ismay, a Director of the White Star Line Holds Strict Sensorship Over Carpathian Wireless Operator. | Image and text provided by University of Nevada Las Vegas University Libraries. Photo from Tonopah Daily Bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 18 April 1912, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | PRESIDENT TAFT SENT FAST SCOUT CRUISERS TO MEET THE CARPATHIA HOPING TO LEARN DEFINITE NEWS OF MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT | Image and text provided by University of Utah, Marriott Library. Photo from The Evening Standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 22 April 1912, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 0400318 |
NR | SECRETARY MEYER TO INVESTIGATE Commanders of Cruisers Are Told to Produce Their Log Books. The log books of the scout cruisers Salem and Chester (CS 1), two ships dispatched by President Taft to get the official report of the sinking of the Tltanic from the Carpathia and which failed in their mission, to-night were ordered sent here for examination by Secretary of Navy Meyer. Oparators of the Cunard line have stated that there was failure because the navy operators were inefficient. |
Image and text provided by Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA. Photo from The Times Dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 21 April 1912, Image 37, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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| Veracruz |
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 0400115 |
NR | Cruiser With Strongest Wireless Going to Mexico The Chester (CS 1) is equipped with the most powerful radio apparatus on any naval vassel. When she reaches the Mexican coast she will be in constant communication with the Arlington station, so that officials here may get news without interruption. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC Photo from The Washington Times [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 07 November 1913, LAST AND HOME EDITION, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 0400114 |
NR | SCOUT CRUISER CHESTER (CS 1) WHICH HAS ARRIVED IN MEXICAN WATERS AND ITS COMMANDER CAPT. MOFFETT | Image and text provided by University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR. Photo from East Oregonian: E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 14 November 1913, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | Over a Dozen American Warships Are Active In Mexican Waters. | Image and text provided by Central Michigan University, Clark Historical Library. Photo from The Calumet News.[volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 01 December 1913, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | President Braves Death in Storm to Confer in Secret with John Lind, His Mexican Agent | Image and text provided by Wisconsin Historical Society. Photo from The Milwaukee Leader. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1911-1938, 08 January 1914, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | Aeroplane Flying Over Warship War movements about Vera Cruz have given a chance for the aviation branches of the navy and army. Here is shown one of the navy aeroplanes circling over the cruiser Chester (CS 1) in the harbor of Vera Cruz. |
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Iowa Photo from The Denison Review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 13 May 1914, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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NR | MEXICAN RED CROSS NURSES ON THE JOB Red Cross nurse in Vera Cruz home. Mexican Red Cross nurses are on the job in Vera Cruz. This picture was taken during the attack by American forces on the city. It shows the interior of a home wliich had been struck by one of the five-inch shells thrown by the U. S. cruiser Chester (CS 1). A Red Cross nurse is seen aiding the occupant of the house, who had fainted when the shell pierced her home. |
Image and text provided by West Virginia University Photo from The Daily Telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 18 May 1914, Image 17, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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| 1915 - Decommissioning |
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1.6m | Anchored in Barcelona, Spain, June 1915. | Jaume Cifre Sanchez | |
 0400108 |
157k | Bringing a paravane aboard the USS Chester in 1918. Photo by Lt Harold B. Phelps Sr., Radioman aboard USS Chester. |
Robert Hurst | |
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639k | April 1918, location unknown. National Archives item #165-WW-335D-5 |
National Archives | |
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959k | Officers and crew of USS Chester (CL-1) posing aboard their ship at Boston Navy Yard, MA, ca. 1919. | Photo S-218 courtesy of history.navy.mil | |
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1.80k | Three views of the Boston Navy Yard, 1921. From left: sailing frigate Constitution, two submarines and a Bird class minesweeper, scout cruiser Chester (CS 1), battleships Virginia (BB-13) and New Jersey (BB-16), two unidentified auxiliaries, four destroyers, a tanker, two Denver class cruisers, and three more destroyers. | NARA photo from Record Group 18: Records of the Army Air Forces Series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas File Unit: Massachusetts - Boston Local ID: 18-AA-72-52 NAID: 23941505 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov courtesy of Theodore Leverett. |
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Commanding
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| Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
| Wilson, Henry Braid, CDR | 1881 | ADM | 04/25/1908 - |
| Shoemaker, William Rawle, CDR | 1884 | RADM | 12/02/1909 - 07/22/1910 |
| Decker, Benton Clark, CDR | 1887 | 07/22/1910 | |
| Decommissioned | 12/15/1911 - 11/05/1913 | ||
| McCauley Jr., Edward, LCDR | 12/03/1912 | ||
| Trurnbull, Archibald Douglas, LTJG (temporary) | 1907 | 11/02/1913 - 11/05/1913 | |
| Moffett, William Adger, CAPT | 1890 | ADM | 11/05/1913 - 09/15/1914 |
| Blakely, John Russell Young, CDR | 1892 | RADM | 09/15/1914 - 11/09/1914 |
| Belknap, Reginald Rowan, CDR | 1981 | 11/09/1914 - 12/19/1914 | |
| Decommissioned | 12/12/1914 - 04/04/1915 | ||
| Wallace, Levin James, LCDR | 12/19/1914 - 01/06/1915 | ||
| Christy, Harley Hannibal, CDR | 1891 | VADM | 01/06/1915 - 04/10/1915 |
| Twining, Nathan Crook, CDR | 1889 | RADM | 04/10/1915 - 05/08/1915 |
| Schofield, Frank Herman, CDR | 1890 | RADM | 05/08-1915 - 12/03/1915 |
| Kessler, Robert Wood, LT | 12/03/1915 - 05/10/1916 | ||
| Decommissioned | 05/10/1916 - 03/24/1917 | ||
| McSheehy, Edward Lloyd, LT | 1905 | 05/15/1916 - 03/17/1917 | |
| Williams, Yancey Sullivan, LCDR | 1898 | RADM | 02/05/1917 - 03/17/1917 |
| Williams, Philip, CAPT | 1889 | 03/17/1917 - | |
| Baughman, Cortlandt Chesterfield, LT | 1907 | 03/24/1917 - 01/24/1919 | |
| Howe, Alfred Graham, CAPT | 1901 | RADM | 01/24/1919 - 06/15/1919 |
| Neal, George Franklin, CDR | 1901 | RADM | 06/15/1919 - 10/13/1919 |
| Babbitt, Herbert Stephens, CDR | 1907 | 10/13/1919 - 09/10/1920 | |
| Wait, Dallas, LT | 09/10/1920 - 06/10/1921 | ||
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