Newark 1897
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| C1 | Newark | 258 | Cramp, Philadelphia | 12.6.1888 | 19.3.1890 | 2.2.1891 | loaned to Naval Militia 3.1907-3/1908, stricken 6.1913 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
4083 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4592 |
|
Length, m |
100.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
15.0 |
|
Draught, m |
5.74 mean |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
8500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
18 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 800 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7400(10) |
| Armour, mm |
steel; deck: 51 - 76, CT: 76 |
|
Armament |
12 x 1 - 152/30 Mk III, 4 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss Mk I/II, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I/Driggs-Schroeder Mk I, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss Mk I |
|
Complement |
384 |
Project history: Authorized under the Act of 3.3.1885. A considerable improvement on Chicago. 152mm guns were all in sponsons. As originally commissioned Newark was rigged as a barque without royals or head gear, but sails were later removed, and as in other three-masted US cruisers laid down in the 1880s the original mainmast was unstepped as well.
Ship protection: Complete protective deck was 51mm amidships with 76mm slopes, 51mm forward and 76mm aft. CT had 76mm sides.
Modernizations: (1901-1902): - 12 x 1 - 152/30; + 12 x 1 - 152/41 Mk IV
Naval service: She was stricken from the Navy in June 1913 but served as a quarantine hulk at Providence RI and temporarily as a naval hospital annex, until 1926.
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