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USS TACOMA (C 18/PG 32/CL 20)

CLASS - Denver
Displacement 3,200 Tons, Dimensions, 308' 6" (oa) x 44' x 17' 3" (Max)
Armament 10 x 5"/50, 8 x 6pdr, 2 x 1pdr.
Armor, 1 3/4" Sheilds, 2 1/2" Deck.
Machinery, 4,700 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 16.5 Knots, Crew 339.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 27 September 1900 by the Union Iron Works, Mare Island, CA
Launched 02 JUN 1903
Commissioned 30 JAN 1904
Reclassified on 07 JUL 1920 as PG 32
Reclassified on 08 AUG 1921 as CL 20
Ran aground on 16 JAN 1924 at Blanquilla Reef near Vera Cruz
Stricken on 07 FEB 1924
Fate: Sold to R. Sebastian of the American Consulate at Vera Cruz on 5 SEP 1924
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By And/Or Copyright
Tacoma 72k Port side, underway, date unknown. Mike Green/USNHC
Tacoma 72k Starboard side, underway, 1910. Chuck Munson
Tacoma
c1803		 81k Real Photo Post Card of USS Tacoma (C 18). The sailor wrote home to his mother and brother and mailed the card aboard ship, as there is a Postmark for USS Tacoma on Jan. 6, 1911. Robert M. Cieri
Tacoma
c1804		 140k Real Photo Post Card of USS Tacoma (C 18). The sailor wrote home to his mother and brother and mailed the card aboard ship, as there is a Postmark for USS Tacoma on Jan. 6, 1911. Robert M. Cieri
Tacoma
c1805		 189k Port side view in 1912, location unknown. Robert M. Cieri
Denver
c1407		 848k USS Denver (C 14) and USS Tacoma (C 18) at Mare Island between 8/19/1919 and 1/10/1920. Darryl Baker
Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Nicholson, Reginald Fairfax, CDR   01/30/1904 -
Smith, CDR   1906
Hood, John, CDR RADM 1907 - 06/07/1909
Davis, Archibald Hilliard, CDR   06/07/1909
Twining, Nathan Cook, CAPT RADM ~1914
Johnson, Alfred Wilkinson, CAPT VADM 02/04/1921 -
Sparrow, H. G., CAPT   ~1923

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

View USS Tacoma (C 18) Library of Congress Images
USS TACOMA (C 18/PG 32/CL 20) 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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