USS Baltimore (C-3)
Baltimore in 1891
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| Name: | Baltimore |
| Namesake: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Cost: | $1,546,172.13 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down: | 5 May 1887 |
| Launched: | 6 October 1888 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Theodore D. Wilson, wife of Chief Constructor Wilson |
| Commissioned: | 7 January 1890 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 September 1922 |
| Reclassified: | CM-1 |
| Struck: | 14 October 1937 |
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| Fate: | sold, 16 February 1942 |
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| Displacement: | 4,413 long tons (4,484 t) |
| Length: | 336 ft (102 m) |
| Beam: | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × screws |
| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Complement: | 386 officers and men |
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The fourth USS Baltimore (C-3) (later CM-1) was a United States Navy cruiser, the fifth protected cruiser to be built by an American yard. Like the previous one, Charleston, the design was commissioned from the British company of W. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Company of Newcastle. Baltimore was an all-around improvement on Charleston, somewhat larger with more guns, thicker armor, and better machinery.
She was launched on 6 October 1888 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, in Philadelphia, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore D. Wilson, wife of Chief Constructor Theodore D. Wilson; and commissioned on 7 January 1890, with Captain W. S. Schley in command.
Baltimore was built to plans purchased from Armstrong, a British manufacturer, which were similar to an unsuccessful Armstrong bid for the Spanish cruiser Reina Regente. Unlike the preceding Charleston, these plans included a modern triple expansion engine designed by Humphrys, Tennant & Co.Baltimore's initial cost for hull and machinery was $1,546,172.13.
Baltimore was armed with four 8-inch (203 mm)/35 caliber Mark 4 guns in sponsons on either side of the bow and stern, and six 6-inch (152 mm)/30 caliber Mark 3 guns in sponsons along the sides. Secondary armament was four 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns, two 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) Hotchkiss revolving cannon, two 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Hotchkiss revolving cannon, and two .45 caliber (11.4 mm) Gatling guns. Four 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes were included in the design but never mounted.
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