San Francisco 1890
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| C5, 7.1920- CM2 | San Francisco, 12.1921- Tahoe, 1.1931- Yosemite | 11 | Union Iron Wks, San Francisco | 14.8.1888 | 26.10.1889 | 15.11.1890 | minelayer 6.1908, stricken 6.1937 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
4088 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4583 |
|
Length, m |
98.9 |
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Breadth, m |
15.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.74 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 HTE, 4 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
10500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 627 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7400(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
steel - deck: 51 with 76mm 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 a three-masted schooner without head gear, San Francisco generally resembled Newark except that the two forward and two after 152mm guns were carried a deck higher and were not in sponsons.
Ship protection: The protective deck was 51mm at flat part with 76mm slopes amidships, CT had 76mm sides. Guns were partly installed in unprotected sponsons and partly on open deck.
Modernizations: 1902: - 12 x 1 - 152/30; + 12 x 1 - 152/41 Mk IV
(1908 - 1911, Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth): cruiser was rebuilt as minelayer. Armament consisted of 8 x 1 -127/40 Mk III guns and stowage for 180 mines. Old boilers were replaced by 8 Babcock & Wilcox
to 1918: - 8 x 1 - 127/40; + 4x 1 - 127/51 Mk VIII
Naval service: During the First World War she took part in laying the Northern Mine Barrage. San Francisco was decommissioned at Philadelphia in 1921, and remained in reserve until stricken in 1937. Sold for BU in 1939.
San Francisco 1891
© Ivan Gogin, 2014