USS San Francisco (C-5)
USS San Francisco dressed overall.
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| Ordered: | 3 March 1887 |
| Awarded: | 26 October 1887 |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Cost: | $1,428,000 (contract price for hull and machinery) |
| Laid down: | 14 August 1888 |
| Launched: | 26 October 1889 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss Edith W. Benham |
| Commissioned: | 15 November 1890 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 October 1898 |
| Recommissioned: | 2 January 1902 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 December 1904 |
| Refit: | Mine planter, June 1908 |
| Recommissioned: | 29 November 1911 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 June 1916 |
| Reclassified: | mine planter 19 December 1912 |
| Recommissioned: | 16 October 1916 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 December 1921 |
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| Reclassified: | Cruiser Minelayer (CM-2), 17 July 1920 |
| Struck: | 8 June 1937 |
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| Fate: | sold for scrapping 20 April 1939 |
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| Type: | Protected cruiser |
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| Beam: | 49 ft 2 in (14.99 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × screws |
| Sail plan: | Schooner (as built) |
| Speed: | 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range: | 3,432 nmi (6,356 km; 3,949 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 34 officers and 350 enlisted men |
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| Type: | Mine planter |
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| Complement: | 32 officers 271 enlisted men |
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| Type: | Minelayer |
| Complement: | 52 officers 351 enlisted men |
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The first USS San Francisco (C-5) (later CM-2) was a steel protected cruiser in the United States Navy. She was later named Tahoe and then Yosemite, becoming the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Yosemite. She generally resembled her predecessor Newark, with a main armament of twelve 6-inch guns.
San Francisco was launched on 26 October 1889 at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss Edith W. Benham; and commissioned on 15 November 1890, Captain William T. Sampson in command.
San Francisco was built to Navy Department plans, with twelve 6 inch (152 mm)/30 caliber guns. Two guns each were on the bow and stern, with the remainder in sponsons along the sides. Secondary armament was four 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns, four 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. Some of the weapons listed as Hotchkiss revolving cannon may actually have been rapid-firing guns.
San Francisco had 2 in (51 mm) gun shields and a 3 in (76 mm) conning tower. The armored deck was up to 3 in (76 mm) thick on the sloped sides and 2 in (51 mm) thick in the middle.
The as-built engineering plant included four coal-fired double-ended cylindrical boilers, which supplied 135 psi (930 kPa) steam to two horizontal triple expansion engines totaling 10,500 ihp (7,800 kW) (designed) for a designed speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph). This speed was attained on trials but the trial horsepower was only 9,912 ihp (7,391 kW).San Francisco was the last US Navy cruiser fitted with sails, which were soon removed. She carried 350 tons of coal for a designed range of 3,432 nmi (6,356 km; 3,949 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph); this could be increased to 850 tons for 8,333 nmi (15,433 km; 9,589 mi).
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