|
List Of Cruisers Of The United States Navy
This list of cruisers of the United States Navy includes all ships that were ever called "cruiser", either publicly or in internal documentation. The Navy has 9 cruisers in active service, as of 10 October 2024, with the last tentatively scheduled for decommissioning in 2029. With the cancellation of the CG(X) program in 2010, the Navy currently has no cruiser replacement program planned.Defense News The Navy is looking to the Aegis Combat System, Aegis-equipped destroyers to increasingly fill the role of the cruiser in the protection of the carrier strike group, as it could be well into the 2030s before any possible cruiser replacement program is up and running. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Atlanta 1884
USS may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, a Canadian band * Universal Studios Singapore, a theme park in Singapore Businesses and organizations * Union of Sovereign States, the planned successor to the Soviet Union * Union Switch & Signal, a supplier of railroad switching equipment * Union Syndicale Suisse, the Swiss Trade Union Confederation * United Seamen's Service, a non-profit, federally chartered organization founded in 1942 * United State of Saurashtra, a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956 * United States Senate, the upper chamber of the United States Congress * U.S. Steel Corporation * USA Swimming, formerly United States Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming in the US * Universities Superannuation Scheme, a pension scheme in the United Kingdom * United Peasant Party (''Ujedinjena seljačka stranka''), a political party in Serbia Computing * Unformatted System Services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Harvard (1888)
The first USS ''Harvard'' of the United States Navy was an auxiliary cruiser in the Spanish–American War. She was launched as ''City of New York'', and later commissioned as ''Plattsburg'' (SP-1645) for service in World War I. Originally a schooner-rigged steamship, she was launched in 1888 as ''City of New York'' by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, for the Inman Line. Sister ship of '' City of Paris'', ''City of New York'' was one of the largest and best liners of her day, and one of the first steamships with twin screws. She was transferred to American registry under the American Line in 1893 as ''New York''. These ships brought the United States to the front rank in the Atlantic passenger trade, and ''New York'' established the record for the Southampton to New York crossing in September 1893. Spanish–American War At the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, ''New York'' was chartered as an auxiliary cruiser with a civilian crew, commissioning on 26 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS St
USS may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, a Canadian band * Universal Studios Singapore, a theme park in Singapore Businesses and organizations * Union of Sovereign States, the planned successor to the Soviet Union * Union Switch & Signal, a supplier of railroad switching equipment * Union Syndicale Suisse, the Swiss Trade Union Confederation * United Seamen's Service, a non-profit, federally chartered organization founded in 1942 * United State of Saurashtra, a separate, western State within the Union of India from 1948 until 1956 * United States Senate, the upper chamber of the United States Congress * U.S. Steel Corporation * USA Swimming, formerly United States Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming in the US * Universities Superannuation Scheme, a pension scheme in the United Kingdom * United Peasant Party (''Ujedinjena seljačka stranka''), a political party in Serbia Computing * Unformatted System Services, the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ocean Liner
An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans. Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (such as for pleasure cruises or as hospital ships). The ''Queen Mary 2'' is the only ocean liner still in service to this day, serving with Cunard Line. The category does not include ferry, ferries or other vessels engaged in short-sea trading, nor dedicated cruise ships where the voyage itself, and not transportation, is the primary purpose of the trip. Nor does it include tramp steamers, even those equipped to handle limited numbers of passengers. Some shipping companies refer to themselves as "lines" and their passenger ships, which often operate over set routes according to established schedules, as "liners". While sharing certain similarities with cruise ships, such as comfort and luxuries for passengers, ocean liners must be able to travel between continents from point A to point B on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature, legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, including a Lower house, lower body, the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, and an Upper house, upper body, the United States Senate, U.S. Senate. They both meet in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Members of Congress are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may be filled by a Governor (United States), governor's appointment. Congress has a total of 535 voting members, a figure which includes 100 United States senators, senators and 435 List of current members of the United States House of Representatives, representatives; the House of Representatives has 6 additional Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives, non-voting members. The vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Albany (1899)
The third USS ''Albany'' (later PG-36 and CL-23) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans-class cruiser (1896), ''New Orleans'' class. She saw service in the Philippine–American War and World War I. Construction and acquisition ''Albany'' was originally laid down at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, by Armstrong Whitworth on 8 December 1897 for the Brazilian Navy as ''Almirante Abreu'', but was purchased while still on the ways by the United States Navy on 16 March 1898 to prevent her from being acquired by the Spanish Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was renamed ''Albany'' and launched in February 1899, sponsored by Mrs. John C. Colwell, the wife of the American naval attaché in London. She was Ship commissioning, commissioned in the River Tyne, England, on 29 May 1900. Cost $1,207,644.13 (hull and machinery). Service history Philippine Squadron On 26 June 1900, ''Albany'' put to sea bound for service in the Philippines with the Philippine–Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS New Orleans (1896)
USS ''New Orleans'' (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the ''New Orleans'' class. She was laid down in 1895 as ''Amazonas'' for the Brazilian Navy by Armstrong, Mitchell and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, launched on 4 December 1896, purchased by the U.S. Navy while building on 16 March 1898; and commissioned 18 March 1898 at Gravesend, England. Service history ''New Orleans'' sailed on 27 March 1898 to fit out at New York, New York, for service in the Spanish–American War. She left Norfolk, Virginia, on 17 May and joined the Flying Squadron off Santiago de Cuba on 30 May. The next afternoon, with ''Massachusetts'' (BB-2) and ''Iowa'' (BB-4), she reconnoitered the harbor, exchanging fire with Spanish ships and shore batteries. After joining in the bombardment of the batteries at the entrance to the harbor 6 and 16 June, ''New Orleans'' sailed to coal at Key West, and was thus absent during the Battle of Santiago de C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans-class Cruiser (1896)
The ''New Orleans'' class of protected cruisers of the United States Navy consisted of two ships which were building for the Brazilian Navy at Elswick, near Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, by Armstrong Whitworth. The Brazilian Navy had ordered four Elswick cruisers, but had already sold the first ship during construction to Chile as . One ship was delivered to Brazil, named . The third ship was fitting out as ''Amazonas'', and the fourth was on order as ''Almirante Abreu''. On 16 March 1898 the United States Navy purchased the undelivered ships to prevent them being acquired by the Spanish Navy and to augment the US Navy shortly before the Spanish–American War.Bauer and Roberts, p. 145 Design and construction Armament These ships were originally armed with six /50 caliber rapid fire (RF) guns and four /50 caliber RF guns. These were British-made export-model guns built by Elswick Ordnance Company, a subsidiary of Armstrong. One source states the 6-inch guns were Elswick P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite Gun
A dynamite gun is any of a class of artillery pieces that use compressed air to propel an explosive projectile (such as one containing dynamite). Dynamite guns were in use for a brief period from the 1880s to the beginning of the twentieth century. Because of the instability of early high explosives, it was impractical to fire an explosive-filled shell from a conventional explosive-fired gun. The violent deflagration of the propellant charge and the sudden acceleration of the shell would set off the explosive in the barrel of the weapon. By using compressed air, the dynamite gun was able to accelerate the projectile more gradually through the length of the barrel. Guns for naval use were supplied with air from shipboard compressors. A small model for field use by land forces employed a powder charge to drive a piston down a cylinder, compressing air that was then fed into the gun barrel. This field model was famously used by Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish–Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Vesuvius (1888)
USS ''Vesuvius'', the third ship of the United States Navy named for Mount Vesuvius, the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser and was essentially an operational testbed for large dynamite guns. ''Vesuvius'' was laid down in September 1887 at Philadelphia by William Cramp & Sons Ships and Engine Building Company, subcontracted from the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company of New York City. She was ship naming and launching, launched on 28 April 1888 sponsored by Miss Eleanor Breckinridge and ship commissioning, commissioned on 2 June 1890 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder in command. Dynamite guns ''Vesuvius'' carried three cast-iron Dynamite gun, pneumatic guns, invented by D. M. Medford and developed by Edmund Zalinski, a retired officer of the United States Army. They were mounted forward side by side at a fixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Chicago (1885)
The first USS ''Chicago'' (later CA-14) was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the "New Navy" and one of the U.S. Navy's first four steel ships. She was launched on 5 December 1885 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works of Chester, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Edith Cleborne (daughter of Navy Medical Director Cuthbert J. Cleborne) and commissioned on 17 April 1889. Design and construction ''Chicago'' was ordered as part of the "ABCD" ships, the others being the cruisers and and the dispatch vessel . These were the first steel-hulled ships of the "New Navy". All were ordered from the same shipyard, Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works of Chester, Pennsylvania. However, when Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney initially refused to accept ''Dolphin'', claiming her design was defective, the Roach yard went bankrupt and ''Chicago''s completion was delayed about three years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
