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USS SAN FRANCISCO (C-5) /
USS TAHOE (CM-2) /
USS YOSEMITE (CM-2)

CLASS - SAN FRANCISCO
Displacement 4,083 Tons, Dimensions, 324' 6" (oa) x 49' 6" x 22' 4" (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/30, 4 x 6pdr, 4 x 3pdr, 2 x 1pdr.
Armor, 2" Shields, 3" Deck, 3" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 10,500 IHP; 2 Horizontal, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 383.
Operational and Building Data
Launched by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA 26 OCT 1889
Commissioned 15 NOV 1890
Decommissioned 25 OCT 1898
Commissioned 02 JAN 1902
Decommissioned 31 DEC 1904
Converted to Mine Vessel June 1908
Commissioned 29 NOV 1911
Decommissioned 06 JUN 1916
Commissioned 18 OCT 1916
Reclassified CM-2 17 JUL 1920
Decommissioned 24 DEC 1921
Renamed Tahoe
Renamed Yosemite 01 JAN 1931
Stricken 08 JUN 1937
Fate: Sold for scrap to Union Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore MD 20 APR 1939
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San Francisco 29k Starboard Bow, Undated. USN
San Francisco 106k

USS San Francisco (C-5) Halftone photograph, published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898. San Francisco is dressed with flags, with the Italian ensign at her mainmast peak, possibly during her 1895-96 European Squadron service.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. #NH 44247.

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USS SAN FRANCISCO (C-5) /
USS TAHOE (CM-2) / USS YOSEMITE (CM-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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