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USS SALEM Scout Cruiser 3 / (CL-3)

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, 22,242 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 25.95 (trial) Knots, Crew 356.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 28 AUG 1905 at Fore River Shipbuilding Co. Quincy, MA
Launched 27 JULY 1907
Commissioned 01 AUG 1908
Decommissioned 16 AUG 1921
Stricken on 13 NOV 1929
Fate: Sold for scrap to D. G. Seagraves of San Francisco, CA on 11 FEB 1930
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Salem 266k Port Bow, Underway. 1908 Image # (19-N-11288). National archives
Salem 116k Good overhead showing excellent details, Undated. USN
Salem 98k Off Boston on March 19, 1919 as modified after WW1. Modifications include a destroyer- type bridge wind deflector; an enclosed signal platform above the bridge; a crow's nest; a raised signal platform aft of the main mast. USN
USS SALEM Scout Cruiser 3/(CL-3) 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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