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USS MONTGOMERY - ANNISTON (C 9)

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 05 DEC 1891 by the Columbia Iron Works, Baltimore, MD
Commissioned 21 JUN 1894
Decommissioned 15 SEP 1900
Commissioned 15 MAY 1902
Decommissioned 15 SEP 1904
Commissioned 02 JAN 1908
Renamed Anniston 14 MAR 1918
Decommissioned 16 MAY 1918
Stricken 29 AUG 1919
Fate: Sold for scrap 14 NOV 1919

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Montgomery 56k

At sea under steam and sail, circa 1894-97, with laundry drying on her foremast rigging and many crewmen on deck. Courtesy of Captain R.H. Johnson, 1932.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #45718.

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Montgomery 66k

Port bow view, circa 1894-99.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #45717 .

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Montgomery
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2.25m Moored starboard side to, possibly in Philadelphia, 30 January 1908. Darryl Baker
Montgomery
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3.1m Moored starboard side to, possibly in Philadelphia, 30 January 1908. Darryl Baker

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank Final Rank Dates
Davis, Charles W., CDR   06/21/1894 - 07/01/1896
Converse, George Albert, CAPT RADM 1897 - 1899
Merrell, John Porter, CDR   04/01/1899
Decommissioned   09/15/1900 - 05/15/1902
Patch, Nathaniel Jordan Knight, CDR   1902
Decommissioned   09/15/1904 - 01/02/1908
Chase, Volney Ogle, CDR   05/03/1910 - 1911
Kaiser, Louis Anthony, LCDR   1912 - 1913

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


USS MONTGOMERY - ANNISTON (C 9) 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

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Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.
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