Denver 1900
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| C14, 7/1920- PG28, 8/1921- CL16 | Denver | Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia | 28/6/1900 | 21/6/1902 | 17/5/1904 | stricken 3/1931 |
| C15, 7/1920- PG29, 8/1921- CL17 | Des Moines | Fore River, Quincy | 28/8/1900 | 20/9/1903 | 5/3/1904 | stricken 12/1929 |
| C16, 7/1920- PG30, 8/1921- CL18 | Chattanooga | Crescent, Elizabethport | 29/3/1900 | 7/3/1903 | 11/10/1904 | stricken 12/1929 |
| C17, 7/1920- PG31, 8/1921- CL19 | Galveston | Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth | 19/1/1901 | 23/7/1903 | 15/2/1905 | stricken 11/1930 |
| C18, 7/1920- PG32, 8/1921- CL20 | Tacoma | Union Iron Wks, San Francisco | 27/9/1900 | 2/6/1903 | 30/1/1904 | wrecked 16/1/1924 |
| C19, 7/1920- PG33, 8/1921- CL21 | Cleveland | Bath Iron Wks | 1/6/1900 | 28/9/1901 | 2/11/1903 | stricken 12/1929 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3200 |
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Displacement full, t |
3514 |
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Length, m |
94.1 |
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Breadth, m |
13.4 |
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Draught, m |
4.80 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 6 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
C14, 16, 18, 19: coal 675 C15, 17: coal 700 |
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Armour, mm |
deck: 8 with 64-25mm slopes, casemates: 44 |
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Armament |
10 x 1 - 127/50 Mk 5/6, 8 x 1 - 57/(30 - 50) Mk 1 - 10, 2 x 1 - 37/(20 - 50) Mk 1 - 13 |
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Complement |
339 |
Ship project history: Poorly defended and not enough fast ships which were formally classified as cruisers but were more likely large gunboats. Two 127mm guns placed on upper deck ahead and astern, remaining ones were in casemates. Battle value of these cruisers before the First World War was absent.
Ship protection: Thickness of deck slopes was 64mm amidships and 25mm at ship ends. 2 127mm guns were placed on open mounts and 8 in casemates.
Modernizations: to 1918, all: - 2 x 1 - 127/50
Naval service: Tacoma was wrecked on reef off Vera Cruz 16/1/1924.
Cleveland 1904
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