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USS DETROIT (Cruiser No. 10)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: Nan - Easy - Oboe
(Contributed by John Spivey)

CLASS - MONTGOMERY
Displacement 2,090 Tons, Dimensions, 269' (oa) x 37' x 16' 8" (Max)
Armament 9 x 5"/40, 6 x 6pdr, 2 x 1pdr, 3 x 18" tt..
Armor, 7/16" Deck, 2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 5,400 IHP; 2 Vertical, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 274.
Operational and Building Data
Launched 28 OCT 1891 by the Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, MD
Commissioned 20 JUL 1893
Decommissioned 23 MAY 1900
Commissioned 23 SEP 1902
Decommissioned 01 AUG 1905
Stricken 12 JUL 1910
Fate: Sold for scrap 22 DEC 1910

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal - Sampson Medal - Spanish Campaign Medal

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	66k	USS Detroit (Cruiser No. 10) At anchor, circa 1893-1900. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 54505.	USNHC
	66k	USS Detroit (Cruiser No. 10) Halftone photograph taken circa 1893-98, and published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 54506.	USNHC
c1001	125k	USS Detroit (Cruiser No. 10) anchored at an unknown location circa 1893-1900 still carrying sails and with steam up. Library of Congress, Photo # LC-D4-32274	Mike Green
c1006	203k	Port side view while underway on 1 September 1898, location unknown. Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.5870.09394	Mike Green
c1004	138k	USS Detroit (Cruiser No. 10) anchored in September, 1899 while protecting American interests during revolutionary movements in Venezuela. Library of Congress, Photo # LC-D4-20354	Mike Green

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank	Class	Final Rank	Dates
Brownson, Willard Herbert, CDR	1865	RADM	07/20/1893 -
Newell, John Stark, CDR	1865		08/15/1894 - 1895
Reiter, George Cook, CDR	1865		07/30/1896 - 07/10/1897
Dayton, James Henry, CDR	1866	RADM	07/10/1897 - 09/22/1898
Decommissioned			05/23/1900 - 09/23/1902
Dillingham, Albert Caldwell, CDR	1870	RADM	09/23/1902
Braunersreuther, William, LCDR	1876		07/07/1905 - 08/01/1905

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

USS DETROIT (Cruiser No. 10) 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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