USS Chattanooga (CL-18)

USS Chattanooga (C-16), USN photograph, unknown date.
History
United States
Name:	Chattanooga
Namesake:	City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ordered:	3 March 1899
Awarded:	14 December 1899
Builder:	Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey
Cost:	$1,039,966 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down:	29 March 1900
Launched:	7 March 1903
Sponsored by:	Miss L. N. Chambliss
Acquired:	3 March 1905
Commissioned:	11 October 1904
Decommissioned:	19 July 1921
Reclassified:	PG-30, 17 July 1920 CL-18, 8 August 1921
Struck:	13 December 1929
Identification:	Hull symbol:C-16 Hull symbol:PG-30 Hull symbol:CL-18
Fate:	sold for scrap, 8 March 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Denver-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	3,200 long tons (3,251 t) (standard) 3,514 long tons (3,570 t) (full load)
Length:	308 ft 9 in (94.11 m) oa 292 ft (89 m)pp
Beam:	44 ft (13 m)
Draft:	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) (mean)
Installed power:	6 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 21,000 ihp (16,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × screws
Sail plan:	Schooner
Speed:	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) 16.75 knots (31.02 km/h; 19.28 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement:	31 officers 261 enlisted men
Armament:	10 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 Breech-loading rifles 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns
Armor:	Deck: 2 1⁄2 in (64 mm) (slope) 3⁄16 in (4.8 mm) (flat) Shields: 1 3⁄4 in (44 mm)
General characteristics (1921)
Armament:	8 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading rifles 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 anti-aircraft gun 6 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns

USS Chattanooga (C-16/PG-30/CL-18) was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Chattanooga launched 7 March 1903 by Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss L. N. Chambliss; completed at the New York Navy Yard; commissioned 11 October 1904, Commander Alexander Sharp in command; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.

Chattanooga's first cruise following shakedown was to the Caribbean, from which she returned to New York City to join the squadron which cleared for Cherbourg, France 18 June 1905. At Cherbourg, USS Brooklyn (CA-3) received on board the body of John Paul Jones, which the squadron brought home to the United States Naval Academy, arriving at Annapolis 23 July. Through the remainder of the year, Chattanooga aided in training men of the Maine and Massachusetts Naval Militia, and cruised briefly in the Caribbean. On 28 December she cleared San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the Suez Canal and duty in the Pacific. Between 29 April 1906, when she arrived at Cavite, P.I., and 10 August 1910, when she reported at Puget Sound Navy Yard for inactivation, Chattanooga joined the Asiatic Fleet in its winter operations in the Philippines and summer cruises to China, aiding in representing America's strength and interest in the Orient. Chattanooga was decommissioned at Puget Sound Navy Yard 17 September 1910.