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USS DETROIT (C 10)

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
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Detroit 24k Port View, Undated USN
Detroit 66k

USS Detroit (C 10) At anchor, circa 1893-1900.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 54505.

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Detroit 66k

USS Detroit (C 10) Halftone photograph taken circa 1893-98, and published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 54506.

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Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Brownson, Willard Herbert, CDR RADM 07/20/1893 -
Newell, John Stark, CDR   ~1896
Dayton, James Henry, CDR RADM 07/10/1897 - 09/22/1898
Decommissioned   05/23/1900 - 09/23/1902
Dayton, John Havens, CDR VADM Unknown

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

USS DETROIT (C 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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