USS Salem (CL-3)

USS Salem (CS-3), overhead view, undated.
History
United States
Name:	Salem
Namesake:	City of Salem, Massachusetts
Ordered:	27 April 1904
Awarded:	17 May 1905
Builder:	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy Point, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost:	$1,566,000 (hull & machinery)
Laid down:	28 August 1905
Launched:	27 July 1907
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Lorna Pinnock
Commissioned:	1 August 1908
Decommissioned:	16 August 1921
Reclassified:	CL-3, 17 July 1920
Struck:	13 November 1929
Identification:	Hull symbol:CS-3 Hull symbol:CL-3
Fate:	sold for scrap, 11 February 1930
General characteristics (As built)
Class and type:	Chester-class Scout cruiser
Displacement:	3,750 long tons (3,810 t) (standard) 4,687 long tons (4,762 t) (full load)
Length:	423 ft 1 in (128.96 m) oa 420 ft (130 m) pp
Beam:	47 ft 1 in (14.35 m)
Draft:	16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) (mean)
Installed power:	12 × Fore River boilers 19,578 ihp (14,599 kW)(produced on trials)
Propulsion:	2 × Curtis steam turbines 2 × screws
Speed:	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) 25.95 knots (48.06 km/h; 29.86 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement:	42 officers 326 enlisted
Armament:	2 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber Mark 6 breech-loading rifles 6 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber rapid-fire guns (6x1) 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 2 in (5.1 cm) Deck: 1 mm (0.039 in) (aft)
General characteristics (1917)
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric steam turbines
Armament:	4 × 5 in (130 mm)/51 caliber guns 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber rapid-fire guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber anti-aircraft gun 2 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in) saluting guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Salem (CS-3/CL-3), Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a Chester-class scout cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Salem, Massachusetts.

Salem was laid down on 28 August 1905 by the Fore River Shipyard; launched on 27 July 1907, sponsored by Mrs. Lorna Pinnock; and commissioned on 1 August 1908, Commander Henry B. Wilson in command.

As one of the Navy's first turbine-engined warships, Salem departed Boston on 17 October 1908 to carry out extensive trials along the Atlantic coast. Joining her sister ships, Birmingham and Chester, in the Scout Cruiser Division in June 1909, Salem cruised in the Atlantic, making one voyage to Funchal, Madeira. Assigned to the 5th Division, Atlantic Fleet, in, 1910, Salem briefly deployed to Haitian waters during August 1911, returning to the New York Navy Yard on 11 September. Subsequently placed in reserve at the Boston Navy Yard on 20 April 1912, Salem relieved Wabash as receiving ship there on that date and served until 7 October. Then reassigned to the Reserve Force, Atlantic Fleet, Salem subsequently made a cruise to Gibraltar and returned to the United States in late March 1913. Arriving at Hampton Roads on 25 March, she shifted to Philadelphia on 30 March.