Albany 1900
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 7/1920- PG34, 8/1921- CL22 | New Orleans (ex-Amazonas) | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1895 | 4/12/1896 | 18/3/1898 | stricken 11/1929 |
| 7/1920- PG36, 8/1921- CL23 | Albany (ex-Almirante Abreu) | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 1897 | 14/1/1899 | 25/5/1900 | stricken 11/1929 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
3769 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4011 |
|
Length, m |
108.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
13.3 |
|
Draught, m |
5.49 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
7500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
CL22: coal 747 CL23: coal 767 |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 32 with 89mm slopes, boiler room glacis: 102, CT: 102 |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 152/50 Mk 5 (EOC DD), 4 x 1 - 120/50 EOC AA, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 8 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 TT (2 beam, 1 bow) |
|
Complement |
366 |
Ship project history: These two ships were built in Britain for Brazil, but re-purchased by USA 16/3/1898 in the Spanish-American war and have appeared one of the most successful cruisers of the US Navy till the WWI. Typical Elswick cruisers. Sisterships of Brazilian Almirante Barroso.
Ship protection: There was 32mm Krupp armour deck with 89mm slopes. Boilers were protected by 102mm glacis.
Modernizations: 1903, both: - 4 x 1 - 120/50; + 4 x 1 - 127/50 Mk 5/6
1907, both: - 6 x 1 - 152/50; + 6 x 1 - 127/50 Mk 5/6
to 1918, both: - 2 x 1 - 127/50
Naval service: No significant events.
Albany early 1900-s
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