USS Marblehead (C-11)

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USS Marblehead
USS Marblehead (C-11), port quarter view at anchor.
History
United States
NameMarblehead
NamesakeTown of Marblehead, Massachusetts
Ordered7 September 1888
Awarded2 November 1889
BuilderCity Point Iron Works, Boston, Massachusetts
Cost$674,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid downOctober 1890
Launched11 August 1892
Completed11 May 1892
Acquired8 Jan 1894
Commissioned2 April 1894
Decommissioned21 August 1919
ReclassifiedPG-27, 7 July 1920
Stricken5 August 1921
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 5 August 1921
General characteristics (as built)[1][2][3]
Class and typeMontgomery-class cruiser
Typeunprotected cruiser
Displacement
  • 2,072 long tons (2,105 t) (standard)
  • 2,212 long tons (2,247 t) (full load)
Length269 ft 10 in (82.25 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) (mean)
Installed power
  • 3 ×
    Double expansion boilers
  • 2 ×
    Single expansion boilers
  • 5,400 
    kW
    )
Propulsion
Sail planSchooner
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 18.44 knots (34.15 km/h; 21.22 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement30 officers 249 enlisted
Armament
Armor
  • Deck: 7⁄16 in (11 mm) (slope)
  • 5⁄16 in (7.9 mm) (flat)
  • Conning Tower: 2 in (51 mm)
General characteristics (1920)[4]
Armament

The second USS Marblehead (C-11/PG-27) was a Montgomery-class unprotected cruiser in the United States Navy, authorized in the naval appropriations bill of September 7, 1888.[5] Marblehead served in the Spanish–American War and World War I, and was the last ship of her class in service.

Marblehead was laid down in October 1890 by

launched 11 August 1892; sponsored by Mrs. C. F. Allen; and commissioned 2 April 1894, Commander Charles O'Neil in command.[6] She was named for the seaport Marblehead, Massachusetts
.

Service history

Pre-Spanish–American War

Assigned to the

Port Royal, Jamaica, for Hampton Roads, Virginia, arriving on 6 December.[6]

The cruiser stood out from

Tompkinsville, New York 23 November 1896. On 1 February 1897, the ship was again assigned to the North Atlantic Station, and for the remainder of the year cruised the east coast and the Caribbean in training.[6]

Spanish–American War

At the outbreak of the

invasion of Guantánamo Bay. After joining the blockading squadron, she cut the cables off Cienfuegos on 11 May, when many of her sailors and Marines received Medals of Honor, including seaman Anton Olsen
.

She then patrolled off

auxiliary cruiser Yankee, Marblehead captured the lower part of Guantánamo Bay as a base for the fleet 7 June, and supported the landing of a battalion of Marines there three days later. Continuing operations in the bay, she helped the pre-dreadnought battleship Texas destroy the Spanish fort on Cayo del Toro
on 15 June.

On July 26 and 27 she assisted in the clearing of 27 contact mines from Guantanamo Bay, for which three of her crew members,

Chief Carpenter's Mate Axel Sundquist, Boatswains Mate Second Class William H. Morin and Ordinary Seaman Samuel Triplett
, received the Medal of Honor.

The ship remained in Cuban waters until 2 September, when she sailed for the St. Lawrence River on 20 October to participate in ceremonies opening the Champlain Monument in Quebec.[6]

Pre–World War I

Marblehead repaired at

Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 April 1900.[6]

She was recommissioned 10 November 1902, to devote the next four years to cruising along the west coast of North and South America, from

Naval Militia as a training ship. She was placed in commission in reserve, 22 July 1911, and in 1916 was turned over to the Oregon Naval Militia as training ship for that state.[6]

World War I

Marblehead was again placed in full commission 6 April 1917, at the

Puget Sound Navy Yard, and 4 May was ordered to the Pacific Patrol Force. She was employed on convoy, patrol, and survey duty, operating off Mexico and in search of possible German raiders in the California area until 11 June 1918, when she proceeded via the Panama Canal to Key West for duty with the American patrol detachment. Arriving at Key West 22 June, the ship spent the remainder of World War I in the Caribbean, engaged in escort and patrol duty. Detached from patrol duty 4 December, the cruiser steamed to join Division 2, Pacific Fleet. She arrived Mare Island 17 February 1919, and decommissioned 21 August. Reclassified PG-27 in July 1920, Marblehead was sold 5 August 1921.[6]

References

  1. ISBN 0-85177-133-5
    .
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1911-". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 36–39. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  3. ^ Toppan, Andrew (8 September 1996). "US Cruisers List: Protected Cruisers and Peace Cruisers". Hazegray.org. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1920. p. 210. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ISBN 9781780962702
    . Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Marblehead II (C-11)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1904". Washington: Government Printing Office. 1904. p. 19. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Haithi Trust.

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