Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

US Warships from the Revolution to 1941

Cruisers

Protected Cruisers

Ship: Atlanta
Type: Rigged Protected Cruiser, 1886
Date: 1891
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-A-2-44
Notes: First USN vessel of the modern era.

Ship: Boston
Type: Rigged Protected Cruiser, 1887
Date: 1891
View: Port Bow
Photo ID: 19-A-2-27
Notes: Survived through 1946 as a hulk.

Ship: Chicago
Type: Rigged Protected Cruiser, 1889
Date: 1889
View: Port bow, leading the Squadron of Evolution
Photo ID: 19-N-3165

Ship: Chicago
Type: Rigged Protected Cruiser, 1889
Date: 1891
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-N-3165
Notes: Survived through 1935 as a hulk.

Ship: Newark (C-1)
Type: Protected Cruiser
Date: 1891
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-A-2404

Ship: Baltimore (C-3)
Type: Protected Cruiser
Date: 1891
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 19-A-2-49
Notes: Survived through 1942 as a hulk.

Ship: Olympia (C-6)
Type: Protected Cruiser
Date: 10 February 1902
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-N-13918
Notes: Dewey's flagship at Manila. Preserved at Philadelphia.

Ship: Raleigh (C-8)
Type: Third Class Cruiser
Date: circa 1900
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-N-6819

Armored Cruisers

Ship: Maine (ex-ACR-1)
Type: Second Class Battleship (ex Armored Cruiser)
Date: 25 January 1898
View: Starboad side, entering Havana
Photo ID: 111-SC-94543
Notes: Last photo of Maine; sunk 15 February 1898

Ship: New York (ACR-2)
Type: Armored Cruiser
Date: 1889
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-A-25-16
Notes: Survived through 1941 as a hulk.

Ship: Brooklyn (ACR-3)
Type: Armored Cruiser
Date: 1899
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-A-25-15

Ship: Pennsylvania (ACR-4)
Type: Armored Cruiser
Date: 18 January 1911
View: Starboard quarter during aircraft trials
Photo ID: 80-G-428455
Notes: Eugene P. Ely is making the first shipboard landing in history.

Ship: Colorado (ACR-7)
Type: Armored Cruiser
Date: September 1907
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-N-6-10-11

Scout/Light & Heavy Cruisers

Ship: Salem (CL 3)
Type: Scout Cruiser
Date: 1908
View: Port side
Photo ID: 19-N-11288

Ship: Marblehead (CL 12)
Type: Scout Cruiser
Date: 10 January 1933
View: Starboard side, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-466558

Ship: Salt Lake City (CA 25)
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Date: 23 August 1935
View: Starboard bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-463290

Ship: Northampton (CA 26)
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Date: 23 August 1935
View: Starboard side, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-425768

Ship: Portland (CA 33)
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Date: 31 May 1934
View: Starboard bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-466488

Ship: Indianapolis (CA 35)
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Date: 27 September 1939
View: Starboard bow, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-425615
Notes: Served as a fleet flagship during the 1930's.

Ship: Savannah (CL 42)
Type: Light Cruiser
Date: 8 February 1938
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 19-N-18698

Ship: Boise (CL 47)
Type: Light Cruiser
Date: 7 July 1938
View: Starboard bow
Photo ID: 19-N-19153

Ship: Wichita (CA 45)
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Date: 1 May 1940
View: Port side, overhead
Photo ID: 80-G-465909

Special Types

Ship: Dolphin (PG 24)
Type: Despatch Boat/Gunboat, 1885
Date: 1891
View: Starboard side
Photo ID: 19-A-2-45
Notes: Sometimes considered to be an unarmored cruiser.

Ship: Vesuvius
Type: Experimental Dynamite Gun Cruiser, 1890
Date: 1891
View: Port bow
Photo ID: 19-A-2-87

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