U.S.S. Minneapolis
C-13
1902
(Navis 335aN)
- Class: Columbia - 2 armored cruisers of 1890-91
- Displacement: 7,375 tons
- Dimensions: 412 x 58 x 22.5 ft
- Machinery: triple screw, vertical triple-expansion, IHP 18,500 = 22.8 knots
- Armor: 4 in slopes, 2.5 in flats
- Armament: 1-8"/40, 2-6"/40, 8-4"/40, 12-6pdr, 4-1pdr guns; 4-14" T.T.
- Complement: 30+429
- Builder: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA
- Laid Down: 16 Dec 1891
- Launched: 12 Aug 1893
- Commissioned: 13 Dec 1894
- Reclassified: CA-17 17 Jul 1920
- Decommissioned: 15 Mar 1921
- Notes: Authorized 1890-91. Intended as commerce destroyer. Originally proposed with three funnels, Minneapolis had two and sister Columbia (C-12) had four. T.T. removed 1910. In 1915, armament was 3-6", 8-4", 2-6pdr.
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