U.S.S. San Francisco
C-5
1890
(Hai 426)
- Class: San Francisco - 1 protected cruiser of 1887
- Displacement: 4,083 tons
- Dimensions: 310' (wl) 324'6" (oa) x 49'2" x 18'9"
- Machinery: twin screw horizontal triple-expansion, 9,913 IHP = 19.52 knots
- Auxiliary Sail Rig: three-masted schooner
- Protective Deck: 3in (slopes), 2in (flat), CT 3in
- Armament: 12-6"/30, 4-6pdr, 4-3pdr, 2-1pdr 2-37mm
- Complement: 34+350
- Builder: Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA
- Authorized: 3 Mar 1887
- Laid Down: 14 Aug 1888
- Launched: 26 Oct 1889
- Commissioned: 15 Nov 1890
- Decommissioned: 1921
- Service: Near sister to Newark. Rearmed in 1910 with 8-5" and 10-6pdr. Converted to minelayer 1916 mounting 4-5"/51 and 170 mines; reclassified CM-2 17 Jul 1920. Took part in laying Northern Mine Barrage during WWI. Renamed Yosemite 1 Jan 1931. Stricken 8 Jun 1937.
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