U.S.S. Brooklyn
ACR-3
1896
(Navis 333)
- Class: Brooklyn - 1 armoured cruiser of 1892
- Displacement: 9,215 tons
- Dimensions: 400'6" x 64'8" x 24'
- Machinery: twin screw, 4 vertical triple-expansion, S.H.P. 18,769 = 21.9 knots
- Armor: 3" (sides), 5.5" (turrets)
- Armament: 8-8"/35 (4x2), 12-5"/40 (6x1), 12-6 pdr., 4-1 pdr.; 4-18 in. T.T.
- Complement: 46+470
- Builder: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA
- Authorized: 19 Jul 1892
- Commissioned: 1 Dec 1896
- Reclassified: CA-3 17 Jul 1920
- Sold: 20 Dec 1921
- Service: Flagship of Commodore Winfield Scott Schley at the Battle of Santiago, 3 Jul 1898, Spanish-American War.
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