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USS CHESTER Scout Cruiser 1 / (CL-1)

CLASS - CHESTER
Displacement 3,750 Tons, Dimensions, 423' 1" (oa) x 47' 1" x 19' 3" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/50, 6 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt.
Armor, 2" Belt.
Machinery, 23,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 26.52 (trial) Knots, Crew 356.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME
Launched 26 JUN 1907
Commissioned 25 APR 1908
Decommissioned 10 JUN 1921
Renamed USS YORK on 10 JUL 1928
Fate: Sold for scrap 13 MAY 1930
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Chester
0400105		 224k Starboard side view while moored at Bath Iron Works, Bath ME, 2 MAR 1908 (just prior to her commissioning). Robert M. Cieri
Chester 86k Port view underway, Undated. Phil Paone
Chester 122k Port view underway, Undated. Fairly good details. USN
Chester 106k Starboard view underway passing the US Naval Prison at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. The ship is heading eastward in the Piscataqua River and is about a mile upriver from passing between Fort Foster in Kittery and Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire., Undated. Fairly good details. (caption updated by Mike Pedersen) USN
Chester 155k Port view underway. 1908. Tom Daly
Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Wilson, Henry Braid, CDR ADM 04/25/1908 -
Decker, Benton Clark, CDR   07/22/1910
Moffett, William Adger, CAPT RADM 1913 - 1914
Schofield, Frank Herman, CAPT RADM 1914 - 11/15/1914
Christy, Harley Hannibal, CDR VADM 12/1914 - 12/1914

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS CHESTER Scout Cruiser 1/(CL-1) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship
Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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