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SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED.
The New Steel Cruiser USS Detroit (C 10) at the Baltimore Navy Yard.
The steel cruiser Detroit, the largest vessel ever constrncted in a Baltimore shipyard was launched from the Columbian Iron Works at 3:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She slid into the water gracefully and without a hitch......At the bow of Uncle Sam's new vessel a stand was erected for the use of the little sponsor, Florence N. Malster, the four-year-old daughter of the president of the Columbia Iron Works, William Torbert Malster (later Mayor of Baltimore from 1897 to 1899) and her attendants. The sides of the stand were hid from view by the flags of various nations gracefully drooped. |
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Image and text provided by University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
Photo from The Evening Bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 29 October 1891, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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THE BEST OF HER CLASS
Cruiser Detroit Does Over 23 Miles an Hour.
The USS Detroit (C 10) has proved herself to be the fastest cruiser of her displacement in the world. |
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from Waterbury Evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 18 April 1893, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Capt. Willard Herbert Brownson has just assumed the duties cf superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. He is a New Yorker and about 51 years of age. He is one of the most active and popular officers in the navy. It was Brown who in January, 1894 took the cruiser Detroit (C 10) past two Brazilian insurgent ironclads and fired a shot into one of them for attempting to prevent an American merchant man from going into Rio De Janeiro harbor. He entered the service in 1861. At the outbreak of the Spanith war he was sent to Europe to buy ammunition for US warships wherever he could find them. |
Image and text provided by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Photo from The Columbus Commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 25 November 1902, Weekly Edition, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Detroit (C 10) Halftone photograph taken circa 1893-98,
and published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 54506.
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USS Detroit (C 10) anchored at an unknown location
circa 1893-1900 still carrying sails and with steam up.
Library of Congress, Photo # LC-D4-32274
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TROUBLE IN GUATEMALA.
The United States cruiser USS Detroit (C 10) has just arrived at Guatemala to protect American citizens there. |
Image and text provided by Boston Public Library.
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Worcester Morning Daily Spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 21 November 1897, Image 15, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON, NOW BLOCKADING CUBAN PORTS.
NEW YORK (ACR-2). DETROIT (C-10). CINCINNATI (C-7). VESUVIUS. INDIANA (BB-1). IOWA (BB-4). PURITAN (M-1). FOOTE (TB-3). TERROR (M-4). DUPONT (TB-7). |
Image and text provided by Minnesota Historical Society; Saint Paul, MN.
Photo from The Kanabec County Times. [volume] (Mora, Kanabec County, Minn.) 1884-current, 29 April 1898, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Port side view while underway on 1 September 1898, location unknown.
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USS Detroit (C 10) anchored in September, 1899 while
protecting American interests during revolutionary movements in Venezuela.
Library of Congress, Photo # LC-D4-20354
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THE DETROIT WILL COERCE NICARAGUA. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 07 April 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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REPORTED SINKING OF A GUNBOAT
Nicaraguan Vessel San Jacinto Said to Have Fired on the USS Detroit (C 10).
THEN SENT TO BOTTOM |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA.
Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 22 May 1899, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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USS Detroit (C 10) , ca. 1890-1910. | Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series:
The Child Collection of Photographs (Bureau of Ships) Documenting U.S. Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:353696595
Local ID: 19-NC-6814
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Port side view of the USS Detroit (C 10) , ca. 1890-1910. | Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series:
The Child Collection of Photographs (Bureau of Ships) Documenting U.S. Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:353696793
Local ID: 19-NC-6873
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Cold weather clothing on the USS Detroit (C 10), at anchor, circa 1893-1900.ca. | Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships Series:
The Child Collection of Photographs (Bureau of Ships) Documenting U.S. Naval Vessels
National Archives Identifier:353696621
Local ID: 19-NC-6822
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USS Detroit (C 10), ship's company digital file from intermediary roll film, circa 1901. | Photo courtesy of Detroit Publishing Co. Possibly by Edward H. Hart.
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DEWEY'S FLEET CONCENTRATED FOR MANEUVERS
View of the harbor from Marina showing war vessels of the American navy at one of the rendezvous. In the roadstead are the U. S. mail steamer Coraca, the cruisers Detroit (C 10) and Bancroft, the tugboat Nina, and torpedo boats and destroyers. These vessels form part of Admiral Dewey's maneuvering fleet off Culebra Island, and could be hurried to Venezuela at an hour's notice. |
Image and text provided by Montana Historical Society; Helena, MT.
Photo from The Butte Inter Mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 23 December 1902, Evening, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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RIBBONED HISTORY OF THIS WAR PILLOW
Here is a soft pillow made from cap ribbons of the United States navy, many of which have historical value. The ribbons from Oregon (BB-3) came on its famous trip around Cape Horn. The collection shows the old and new type from the old Wabash to the modern Indiana (BB-1) and the various kinds of craft from the tug Uncas (YT-110), the converted ferry boat East Boston, the light cruisers Detroit (C 10) and Vicksburg (PG 11) to the heavier fighting ships New York (ACR-2) and Massachusetts (BB-2)....as well as a beautiful ornament. Ribbons belonging to converted vessels are only made in such quantity as will be likely to be used by the crew and when they get through with the vessel no more ribbons are made so that only such as have been issued are in circulation and used cannot be replaced. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Photo from The Washington Times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 14 June 1903, Magazines Features, Image 35, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Will Protect American Interests in Domingo.
COMMANDER ALBERT DILLINGHAM. USN.,
Who is using heroic means to bring order out of chaos in Santo Domingo. He was in command of the gunboat Nashvile when that vessel visited St. Louis, and is now in command of the cruiser USS Detroit (C 10). |
Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO.
Photo from The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 07 January 1904, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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REAR ADMIRAL SIGSBEE, THE CRUISER DETROIT AND THE TROUBLE IN SANTO DOMINGO
Rear Admiral Sigsbee and Lieutenant Commander Leiper, executive officer of the United States cruiser Detroit (C 10), have been in the public eye by reason of the stupidity of local officials at Monte Christi, Santo Domingo. Pursuant to the agreement with the island government Mr. Leiper was put in temporary charge of the custom house. He
was prevented from dispatching goods in bond to their destination, the local authorities pretending that they had received no orders to recognize the United States. In order to make certain that no such instructions might be received they proceeded to cut the telegraph wires. Mr. Leiper were threatened, and Admiral Sigsbee at once notified the local Dominican authorities that they would be held responsible for any violence to the American representative. He also took the precaution to have the Detroit made ready for an emergency, and the marines were prepared to go ashore at a moment's notice. At night the Detroit's search lights were kept trained upon the custom house.
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Image and text provided by Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, KS.
Photo from The Topeka State Journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 16 February 1905, LAST EDITION, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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Fourteen Cruisers Among Ships Fit For Scrap Heap.
Who wants $50,000,000 worth of warships? Eleven of Uncle Sam’s protected cruisers, three of his unprotected cruisers, 10 of his famous monitors and a bunch of smaller and cheaper fighting craft are, in the opinion of the naval experts, "Oslerized,” and fit for little else than the scrap heap.
Secretary Meyer boldly announces that the best place for those mighty machines of death is the junk pile. They are rusty, costly and ineffective. If sent against an enemy some of them would probably turn turtle were there any white caps agitating the brine, and certainly if the modern enemy took it to his heels not one of the dear old tubs could catch him......
The Detroit (C 10), mentioned by Secretary Meyer, is an unprotected cruiser of 2.089 tons displacement and was authorized by Congress in 1882. It cost $1,233,039 to build, and once upon a time, when she was tried out,could make 18.71 knots an hour. If put to test today she would probably have trouble making 16.
Modern cruisers of the North Carolina and Montana class of 14,500 tons make nearly 23 knots an hour.
If the Detroit is sent to the old iron man to be melted up for what: steel rails, plowshares and horseshoes she will make, she would have plenty of company on the journey. Not counting the smaller craft, such as the tugs, yachts and gunboats that Secretary Meyer may find to be obsolete after his stocktaking this summer, there are 26 protected and unprotected cruisers and monitors that are decidedly antique from every measurement of efficiency and war. They cost the United States treasury more than $500,000,00, says the New York Times.
This is a list of them: The battleship Texas; protected cruisers Baltimore, Chicago, Minneapolis, Newark, San Francisco, Atlanta, Albany, New Orleans, Boston, Cincinnati, Raleigh and Tacoma; unprotected cruisers, Detroit, Marblehead and Montgomery; monitors, Amphitrite, Mianionomoh, Monadnock, Monterey, Puritan, Terror, Ozark, Tallahassee, Tonanah and Cheyenne. | Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT.
Photo from The New Haven Union. (New Haven, Conn.) 1895-192?, 20 May 1910, MARKET EDITION, PART TWO, Image 14, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
