USS Chicago (1885)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chicago.
The first USS Chicago (later CA-14) was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the "New Navy" and one of the U.S. Navy's first four steel ships.
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USS Chicago in 1891 | |
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Ordered | 3 March 1883 |
Awarded | 26 July 1883 |
Builder | Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Cost | $889,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Laid down | 29 December 1883 |
Launched | 5 December 1885 |
Sponsored by | Edith Cleborne |
Commissioned | 17 April 1889 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1923 |
Renamed | Alton 16 July 1928 and reclassified IX-5 |
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General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Protected cruiser |
Displacement | 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 48 ft 3 in (14.71 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Installed power | 14 × 100 psi (690 kPa) coal-fired boilers |
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Sail plan | Schooner |
Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Capacity | 830 short tons (750 t) of coal |
Complement | 45 officers and 356 enlisted men |
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General characteristics (1895 & 1902 rebuild) | |
Displacement | 5,000 long tons (5,080 t) |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (Speed on Trial) |
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She was launched on 5 December 1885 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works of Chester, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Edith Cleborne (daughter of Navy Medical Director Cuthbert J. Cleborne) and commissioned on 17 April 1889.