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USS Milwaukee (C-21)
St. Louis-class cruiser / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Milwaukee.
The second USS Milwaukee (C-21) was a St. Louis-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1906, Milwaukee was deployed to the Pacific Ocean. On 13 January 1917, while aiding a grounded submarine, the cruiser grounded herself. The ship was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1919.
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Name | Milwaukee |
Namesake | City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Ordered | 7 June 1900 |
Awarded | 17 April 1901 |
Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
Cost | $2,825,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Laid down | 30 July 1902 |
Launched | 10 September 1904 |
Sponsored by | Miss Janet Mitchell, daughter of U.S. Senator John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin |
Completed | 17 April 1904 |
Acquired | 6 December 1906 |
Commissioned | 11 May 1906 |
Decommissioned | 6 March 1917 |
Stricken | 23 June 1919 |
Identification | Hull symbol: C-21 |
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Class and type | St. Louis-class protected cruiser |
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Beam | 66 ft (20 m) |
Draft | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) (mean) |
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