similar sister-ship Baltimore 1890
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| C4 | Philadelphia | 257 | Cramp, Philadelphia | 22.3.1888 | 7.9.1889 | 28.7.1890 | receiving ship 5.1904 |
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Displacement normal, t |
4324 |
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Displacement full, t |
5305 |
|
Length, m |
102.1 |
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Breadth, m |
14.8 |
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Draught, m |
5.84 mean |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
9000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 1031 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6800(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
steel - deck: 64 with 102mm slopes, 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 3.3.1887. Originally rigged as three-masted schooner without head gear and similar to Baltimore in protection. Philadelphia's 12 152mm guns were mounted as in the re-armed Baltimore except that the eight midships guns were in sponsons.
Ship protection: Protective deck was 64mm flat with 102mm slopes amidships, CT had 76mm sides.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Sent to Puget Sound Navy Yard for extensive repairs in August 1902, Philadelphia was housed over as a receiving ship at the above yard in 1904 and so remained, apart from a period as a prison ship, until stricken in 1926.
Philadelphia 1890s
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