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c2028 |
NR | The Protected Cruiser St Louis Is to Be Imposing | Image and text provided by State Historical Society of Missouri; Columbia, MO. Photo from The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 23 December 1900, Magazine Section, Image 39, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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c2025 |
NR | THE CRUISER ST. LOUIS LAUNCHING AT PHILADELPHIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. | Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 06 May 1905, Image 2, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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c2023 |
1.44k | Gladys B. Smith, sponsor of the St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) at her launching. | Photo NH 108532 courtesy of history.navy.mil | |
c2008 |
73k | Port bow view while anchored, date and location unknown. | Mike Hughes | |
c2010 |
227k | USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) date and place unknown. This photo from a collection called "California's Reception to the Fleet 1908". | Darryl Baker | |
c2017 |
136k | Caption from back of photo: "A gun crew at drill. X is Pointer. XX is Trainer. Weight of projectile alone without powder 62 pounds." | Tommy Trampp | |
c2011 |
2.13k | Getting underway, possibly at Philadelphia in late 1906. | Darryl Baker | |
c2012 |
2.16k | Getting underway, possibly at Philadelphia in late 1906. | Darryl Baker | |
67k |
USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20) Photographed circa 1906-07, soon after completion. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 44192. |
USNHC | ||
c2003 |
3.38k | Broadside view of the USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20). | National Archives Identifier: 55172756 Local Identifier: 111-SC-5923 Photo courtesy of National Archives | |
acr0807 | NR | Champion Boat Crew of the Maryland Defeats St. Louis Men The central picture shows the finish of the three mile boat race between the crews of the cruisers Maryland (ACR-8) and St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20). The upper photograph is of the winners. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 07 October 1907, Image 5, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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c2015 |
NR | OVER THE MAGELLAN COURSE THE cruiser St. Louis has just completed its long 14,000 mile trip around South America, through the straits of Magellan, and joined its division of the coming great Pacific fleet. |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 13 October 1907, Image 3, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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c2016 |
121k | "Liege" Valet to Captain Albert Gleaves, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20), circa 1909. He is standing by one of the ship's 6"/50 guns. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation; Collection of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 83564. |
Robert Hurst | |
c2022 |
NR | Cruiser St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) Makes Record Run From Hawaii Cruiser St. Louis Steams From Hawaii to Port in 4 Days and 22 Hours |
Image and text provided by University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA. Photo from The San Francisco Call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 23 August 1909, Image 12, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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62k |
USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20) Off San Francisco, California, circa 1909-1916. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 63587. |
USNHC | ||
60k |
USS Raleigh (Cruiser No. 8), USS Oregon (BB 3) and USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20) Moored together at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1913. Saint Louis is being repainted. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 78279. |
National Archives | ||
c2013 |
1.74m | USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) at Goat Island (San Francisco Bay) with USS Pensacola in the background. | Darryl Baker | |
c2014 |
295k | USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) in dry dock, Panama, about 1916. | Robert Hurst | |
c2021 |
91k | USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) leaving Pedro Miguel Lock for Gaillard Cut 9 May 1917 Photo #80-878 possibly from the Detroit Publishing Company |
John Clingman | |
72k |
Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 14 September 1917. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50115. |
USNHC | ||
c2024 |
229k | Mainmast. | Photo NH 108518 courtesy of history.navy.mil | |
59k |
USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20) Photographed in September 1918, in wartime camouflage paint. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2800. |
USNHC | ||
73k |
USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20) Halftoned photograph, showing the ship in her World War I camouflage. Note numerous wartime modifications to her 6-inch gun battery, rig and superstructure. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90775. |
USNHC | ||
c2009 |
108k |
USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) in port, circa 1919. Probably photographed by J.C. Crosby, Boston, Massachusetts. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 105324 . |
Robert Hurst | |
c2029 |
2.68k | USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) docking, Brooklyn Navy Yard. | Photographer: Western Newspaper Union. National Archives Identifier: 6880364 Local Identifier: F1032 Photo courtesy of National Archives |
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c2030 |
1.24k | The transporter cruiser USS St. Louis (Cruiser No. 20) docking, January 1919. | Photographer: Western Newspaper Union. National Archives Identifier: 26433683 Photo 165-WW-139A-027 Photo courtesy of National Archives |
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69k | Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): USS Missouri (BB 11); one Connecticut class battleship; USS Michigan (BB 27); and USS Saint Louis (Cruiser No. 20). Those in the back row are (left to right): USS Maine (BB 10); USS Kentucky (BB 6); USS Kearsarge (BB 5); USS Indiana (BB 1); USS Massachusetts (BB 2); USS Iowa (BB 4); USS Wisconsin (BB 9); and USS Illinois (BB 7). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 42525. |
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c2026 |
NR | UNITED STATES FIGHTERS OFF TO DANZIG The U. S. Cruiser St. Louis together with six destroyers and commanded by Admiral Huse in charge of all European naval forces has been ordered to Danzig. |
Image and text provided by Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT. Photo from The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 20 August 1920, Image 1, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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c2019 |
166k |
The ex-USS St. Louis (CA 18) is being maneuvered by tugs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 28 February 1930. Decommissioned in March, 1922, the cruiser will be stricken on 20 March 1930 and sold for scrap accordance with the provisions of the London Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection. |
Mike Green | |
c2018 |
166k |
The cruisers, ex-USS St. Louis (CA 18) and ex-USS Huntington (CA 5), on 8 August 1930, after long and honorable careers, go on the auction block. The ships are moored in the back channel at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and are waiting to be transferred to the highest bidder, with bids having been received by the Navy on the previous day. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, George D. McDowell Collection, ID No. P563125B. |
Mike Green | |
c2027 |
NR | OLD CRUISER BIDS MADE Navy Receives Seven Proposals on Obsolete War Convoy Escorts. By the Associated Press. The Navy received seven bids yestcrday for the obsolete cruisers x-Huntington and x-St Louis, now at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Both cruisers served as convoy escorts during the World War. Two of the bids were for purchase and five were for material from the ships. The Boston Iron & Metal Co. of Baltimore offered $71,666 for the Huntington and $51,666 for the St Louis. The Union Shipbuilding Co. of Baltimore offered $71,000 for the Huntington and $51,000 for the St Louis. |
Image and text provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Photo from Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 08 August 1930, Image 4, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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c2020 |
245k | The x-USS St Louis is being dismantled at Phila NSY in September 1930, as a consequence of the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament (London Naval Treaty). Philly's massive hammerhead crane is at work. | Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine |
Commanding
Officers
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Name/Rank | Class | Final Rank | Dates |
Usher, Nathaniel Reilly, CAPT | 1875 | RADM | 08/18/1906 - 04/04/1908 |
Hutchinson, Benjamin F., LCDR | 04/04/1908 - 04/21/1908 | ||
Gleaves, William, CDR | 1877 | 04/21/1908 - 11/0-5/1909 | |
Pratt, William Veazie, LCDR | 1889 | ADM | 11/05/1909 - 04/02/1910 |
Pettengill, George T., LT | 04/02/1910 - 05/03/1910 | ||
Decommissioned | 05/03/1910 - 10/07/1911 | ||
Whitehead, Walter Ernest, LT | 04/05/1911 - 03/18/1912 | ||
Cook, Merlyn G., LT | 03/18/1912 - 01/17/1915 | ||
Houston, Victor Stuart, LCDR | 01/17/1915 - 04/29/1917 | ||
Decommissioned | 02/17/1916 - 07/10/1916 | ||
Trench, Martin Edward, CAPT | 1893 | 04/29/1917 - 10/14/1917 | |
Evans, Waldo, CAPT | 1891 | 10/14/1917 - 07/13/1918 | |
Bronson, Jr., Amon, CAPT | 07/13/1918 - 09/06/1918 | ||
Lincoln, Gatewood Sanders, CAPT | 1896 | 09/06/1918 - 10/07/1919 | |
Theleen, David Elias, CAPT | 1897 | 10/07/1919 - 05/07/1921 | |
Leahy, William D., CAPT | 05/31/1921 - 03/03/1022 |
(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)
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