USS Chattanooga (CL-18)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chattanooga.
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.
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USS Chattanooga (C-16), USN photograph, unknown date. | |
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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 |
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Stricken | 13 December 1929 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 March 1930 |
General characteristics (as built)[1][2] | |
Class and type | Denver-class protected cruiser |
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Length | |
Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) (mean) |
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Sail plan | Schooner |
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Complement | 31 officers 261 enlisted men |
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General characteristics (1921)[2][3] | |
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