USS New Orleans (CL-22)
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USS New Orleans (later designated PG-34 then CL-22) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the New Orleans class.
United States Navy warship
.jpg) USS New Orleans photographed during the Spanish–American War, 1898. | |
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | New Orleans |
| Namesake | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Ordered | Amazonas for the Brazilian Navy in 1895 |
| Builder | Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Laid down | 1895 |
| Launched | 4 December 1896 |
| Commissioned | 18 March 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 16 November 1922 |
| Reclassified | CL 22 on 8 August 1921 |
| Stricken | 13 November 1929 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:CL-22 |
| Fate | 11 February 1930, sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | New Orleans class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,769 long tons (3,829 t) |
| Length | 354 ft 5 in (108.03 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Installed power | 7,500 shp (5,600 kW) |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 366 officers and enlisted |
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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.