USS Cincinnati (C-7)
_1894-1921_-_NH_27.jpeg) USS Cincinnati (C-7)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Cincinnati |
| Namesake | City of Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Ordered | 7 September 1888 |
| Builder | |
| Cost | $1,100,000 |
| Laid down | 29 January 1890 |
| Launched | 10 November 1892 |
| Sponsored by | Miss S. Mosby |
| Commissioned | 16 June 1894 |
| Decommissioned | 20 April 1919 |
| Stricken | 5 August 1921 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:C-7 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 4 August 1921 |
| General characteristics (as built)[1][2] | |
| Class and type | Cincinnati-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 305 ft 9 in (93.19 m) |
| Beam | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
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| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Speed | |
| Complement | 32 officers 270 enlisted |
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USS Cincinnati (C-7) was a
New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss S. Mosby; and commissioned on 16 June 1894.[3] She was the second ship to be named after Cincinnati
, Ohio.
Service history
Spanish–American War
Cincinnati's first cruise, along the east coast, and then in the
South Atlantic Station in September 1897. In April 1898, the opening month of the Spanish–American War, Cincinnati, commanded by Captain Colby Mitchell Chester, joined the blockade off Havana, Cuba, and bombarded Matanzas. The next month, she scouted throughout the West Indies
searching for the Spanish fleet known to be approaching Cuba.
At the close of May, Cincinnati came north for repairs, returning to the Caribbean for occupation duty in August. She convoyed troops from
Culebra Island, and escorted the captured Spanish flagship Infanta Maria Teresa until the prize of war sank en route to Norfolk from Cuba. On 8–9 August, Cincinnati provided illumination with her searchlights and naval gunfire to support bluejackets defending the Cape San Juan Light from a Spanish ground assault in the Battle of Fajardo.[4]
After joining in salvage operations at Santiago in November, she sailed north, and from 14 February 1899 to 2 December 1901 was out of commission at New York Navy Yard for extensive repairs.
Pre-World War I
From May 1902 to January 1903, Cincinnati protected American citizens and property in the Caribbean during political disturbances at
Asiatic Station, based in the Philippines. Target practice, maneuvers, and goodwill cruises took her to many ports in China, Japan, and the Pacific islands, and from time to time she patrolled off Korea. She returned to Mare Island Navy Yard
on 10 September 1907, and was decommissioned there on 12 October.
World War I and beyond
Recommissioned in reserve on 8 March 1911, Cincinnati was in full commission on 11 October 1911, and two months later returned to the Asiatic Station for a six-year tour of duty similar to her earlier employment there. She returned to
San Diego on 16 December 1917, and while bound for the east coast took part in humanitarian relief at San Jose, Guatemala, after severe earthquakes. She arrived in Hampton Roads
on 16 January 1918.
As flagship of the American Patrol Detachment,
New Orleans
on 20 April, and sold on 4 August 1921.
References
- ^ a b "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1911-". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 36–39. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b Toppan, Andrew (8 September 1996). "US Cruisers List: Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers". Hazegray.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Cincinnati II (C-7)". Naval History and Heritage Command. US Navy. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy for the Year 1898, Appendix to the Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, p. 651
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. London: Random House Group, Ltd. 2001. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Cincinnati (C-7).
- Photo gallery of USS Cincinnati at NavSource Naval History
- Naval Historical Center selected images