USS Raleigh (C-8)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Raleigh.
USS Raleigh (C-8) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the Cincinnati class, commissioned in 1894 and in periodic service until 1919.
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USS Raleigh (C-8), starboard bow view. | |
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United States | |
Name | Raleigh |
Namesake | City of Raleigh, North Carolina |
Ordered | 7 September 1888 |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia |
Cost | $1,100,000 |
Laid down | 19 December 1889 |
Launched | 31 March 1892 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood |
Commissioned | 17 April 1894 |
Decommissioned | 21 April 1919 |
Stricken | 5 August 1921 |
Identification | Hull symbol:C-8 |
Fate | 5 August 1921, sold for scrap to Henry A. Hitner's Sons Co., Philadelphia, Pa. |
General characteristics (as built)[1][2] | |
Class and type | Cincinnati-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | |
Length | 305 ft 10 in (93.22 m) |
Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) (mean) 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m) (max) |
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Sail plan | Schooner |
Speed | |
Complement | 32 officers 270 enlisted |
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The second ship named Raleigh, was laid down on 19 December 1889 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; launched 31 March 1892; sponsored by Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood; and commissioned on 17 April 1894.[3] The ship was named after the City of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina.