USS Washington (ACR-11)
United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Washington and USS Seattle.
The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 18 March 1905, sponsored by Miss Helen Stewart Wilson, daughter of United States Senator John L. Wilson of Washington state, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 7 August 1906, Captain James D. Adams in command.[4]
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USS Washington (ACR-11) off Seattle, Washington, with the Olympic Mountains in the distance, 1908. | |
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Ordered | 1 July 1902 |
Awarded | 10 February 1903 |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Cost | $4,035,000 (contract price of hull and machinery) |
Laid down | 23 September 1903 |
Launched | 18 March 1905 |
Sponsored by | Miss Helen Stewart Wilson |
Commissioned | 7 August 1906 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 1946 |
Renamed | Seattle, 9 November 1916 |
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Stricken | 19 July 1946 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap 3 December 1946 |
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Class and type | Tennessee-class armored cruiser |
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Beam | 72 ft 10+1⁄2 in (22.212 m) |
Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) (mean) |
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Complement | 83 officers 804 enlisted 64 Marines |
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