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USS ST. LOUIS (C-20/CA-18)

CLASS - ST. LOUIS
Displacement 9,700 Tons, Dimensions, 426' 6" (oa) x 66' x 25' 6" (Max)
Armament 14 x 6"/50, 18 x 3"/50
Armor, 4" Belt, 4" Shields, 3" Deck, 5" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 21,000 IHP; 2 Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 22 Knots, Crew 670.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 21 JUL 1902 at Neafie & Levy Co., Philadelphia, PA
Launched 06 MAY 1905
Commissioned 18 AUG 1906
Decommissioned 03 MAY 1910
Commissioned 07 OCT 1911
Assigned to Oregon Naval Militia 14 JUL 1912
Designated as Receiving Ship 27 APR 1914
Decommissioned 17 FEB 1916
Commissioned 10 JUL 1916
Assigned as Submarine Tender 29 JUL 1916
Reclassified CA-18 on 17 JUL 1920
Decommissioned 03 MAR 1922
Stricken 20 MAR 1930
Fate: Sold for scrap on 13 AUG in accordance with the provisions of the London Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament.
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Raleigh 67k

USS Saint Louis (C-20) Photographed circa 1906-07, soon after completion.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 44192.

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Raleigh 64k

USS Saint Louis (C-20) Photographed circa 1907. Collection of Rear Admiral B.F. Hutchison; Courtesy of Mrs. Worth Sprunt, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 81435.

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St. Louis 62k

USS Saint Louis (C-20) Off San Francisco, California, circa 1909-1916. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 63587.

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Raleigh 60k

USS Raleigh (C-8), USS Oregon (BB-3) and USS Saint Louis (C-20) Moored together at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1913. Saint Louis is being repainted. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 78279.

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Raleigh 72k

Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 14 September 1917.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 50115.

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Raleigh 59k

USS Saint Louis (C-20) Photographed in September 1918, in wartime camouflage paint.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 2800.

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Raleigh 73k

USS Saint Louis (C-20) Halftoned photograph, showing the ship in her World War I camouflage. Note numerous wartime modifications to her 6-inch gun battery, rig and superstructure.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 90775.

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BB-11 Missouri 69

Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): USS Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; USS Michigan (BB-27); and USS Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): USS Maine (BB-10); USS Kentucky (BB-6); USS Kearsarge (BB-5); USS Indiana (BB-1); USS Massachusetts (BB-2); USS Iowa (BB-4); USS Wisconsin (BB-9); and USS Illinois (BB-7).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 42525.

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USS ST. LOUIS (C-20/CA-18) 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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