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USS CHARLESTON (C 2)

Drawing courtesy of Robert Jensen

CLASS - CHARLESTON
Displacement 3,730 Tons, Dimensions, 320' (oa) x 46' x 21' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 8"/30, 6 x 6"/30, 4 x 6pdr, 2 x 3pdr, 2 x 1pdr.
Armor, 3" Shields, 3" Deck, 2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 7,500 IHP; 2 Horizontal, Compound engines, 2 screws
Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 300.
Operational and Building Data
Launched by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA 19 JUL 1888
Commissioned 26 DEC 1889
Decommissioned 27 JUL 1896
Commissioned 05 MAY 1898
Fate: Grounded on an uncharted reef near Camiguin Island north of Luzon on 2 NOV 1899 and abandoned.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
	89k	Painting of USS Charleston (C 2)	D. Dunham
c0206	249k	Stern view at Mare Island, circa 1890.	Darryl Baker
	90k	USS Charleston (C 2), at left, and USS Baltimore (C 3) at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1892. Photographed by French, Tacoma. Donation of Captain R.R. Law, USN, 1972. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 75894	USNHC
	59k	Starboard side view, at anchor, 1895.	Colin P. Varga
c0214	124k	View of the main deck aboard USS Charleston (C 2) at Mare Island in 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0215	110k	Photo of one of USS Charleston's deck guns with a sailor showing a manual sewing machine at Mare Island in 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0216	143k	Group photo of USS Charleston's officers at Mare Island in 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0211	286k	Photos of installation of USS Charleston's aft gun mounts at Mare Island in March 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0213	169k	Photos of installation of USS Charleston's aft gun mounts at Mare Island in March 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0210	119k	Night photo of the USS Charleston (C 2) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island in March 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0207	146k	Stern view of USS Charleston (C 2) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island in April 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0208	197k	Bow view of USS Charleston (C 2) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island in April 1898.	Darryl Baker
c0209	175k	Port bow view of USS Charleston (C 2) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island in April 1898. Photo taken from top of dry dock.	Darryl Baker
c0212	219k	Port bow view of USS Charleston (C 2) in dry dock #1 at Mare Island in April 1898. Photo taken from inside the dock.	Darryl Baker
	99k	USS Charleston (C 2) Off Hong Kong in 1898, wearing grey "war paint". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Fred Weiss
	66k	USS Charleston (C 2) At Manila, Philippines, in 1898. She had convoyed the first U.S. troops to Manila in May-June of that year, capturing Guam while en route. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Fred Weiss
Monterey602	48k	Monterey(BM 6) (center) and Charleston(C 2) (right) in Manila Bay, circa 1898-1899. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph # NH 42516.	Courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS, 1967

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank	Final Rank	Dates
Remey, George Collier, CAPT		12/26/1889 -
Picking, Henry F., CAPT		1893
Coffin, George William, CAPT		02/1894
Decommissioned		07/27/1896 - 05/05/1898
Glass, Henry E., CAPT		05/05/1898 - 11/02/1899

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

USS CHARLESTON (C 2) 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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