Armoured Cruisers

[Brian James]

St Louis Class,Semi Armoured Cruiser USS Charleston pictured on September 17th,1905.
Because of their relatively thin belt, this Class was officially described as 'Semi-Armoured Cruisers', bridging the gap between Protected Cruisers and Armoured Cruisers. The Register of Ships of the US Navy lists them with the Protected Cruisers.However, some other references list them as Armoured Cruisers.They were originally designated Cruisers and not Armoured Cruisers, in the same series as Protected Cruisers.The issue is confused by the Navy's official Ships' Data Book for 1911, which lists the St. Louis Class as First Class Cruisers along with the earlier Armoured Cruisers Saratoga (ex-New York) and Brooklyn.

[designeraccd]

These were fairly large cruisers for their time, although only carrying 6" as main weapons. The West Coast built MILWAUKEE grounded on Calif. coast while trying to pull a sub off! Specs (Wiki).....

Class and type: St. Louis-class protected cruiser
Displacement: 9,700 long tons (9,856 t) (standard)
10,839 long tons (11,013 t) (full load)

Length: 426 ft 6 in (130.00 m)oa
424 ft (129 m)pp

Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) (mean)
Installed power: 12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
21,000 ihp (16,000 kW)

Propulsion: 2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines
2 × screws

Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
22.22 knots (41.15 km/h; 25.57 mph) (Speed on Trial)

Armament: 14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 caliber Mark 8 Breech-loading rifles
18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns
12 ×3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) saluting guns
8 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1.5 in) rapid-fire guns
4 × 1-pounder (37 mm) guns

Armor: Belt armor: 4 in (100 mm)
Deck (amidships): 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
Shields: 4 in
Conning tower: 5 in (130 mm)

DFO

[Brian James]

Tennessee Class Armoured Cruiser USS Montana pictured in New York c1909.

[Brian James]

Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn pictured c1898.

[Brian James]

Armoured Cruiser USS Pennsylvania (Ex Pittsburgh) pictured at Shanghai in 1927.

[Blackbat242]

I wonder what that old cruiser bow-to-bow with her is?

Anyone?

[designeraccd]

' Blackbat242 » Sun Dec 01, 2019 6:56 am

I wonder what that old cruiser bow-to-bow with her is?'

Looks like a Russian BOGATYR class........ DFO

[Brian James]

Armoured Cruiser USS Maryland seen at Charlestown Navy Yard in 1905.

[Brian James]

Armoured Cruiser USS Brooklyn pictured at New York Navy Yard,Brooklyn, c1903.

[designeraccd]

Various views of the old BROOKLYN........ DFO