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USS NEW ORLEANS (Protected Cruiser/PG 34/CL 22)

Displacement 3,769 Tons, Dimensions, 354' 5" (oa) x 43' 9" x 19' 1" (Max)
Armament 6 x 6"/50 4 x 4.7"/50, 10 x 6pdr, 8 x 1pdr, 3 x 18" tt.
Armor, 4" Shields, 3 1/2" Deck, 4" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 7,500 IHP; 2 vertical, inverted triple expansion engines, 2 screws
Speed, 20 Knots, Crew 365.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid as AMAZONAS for the Brazilian Navy in 1895 by Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Launched 04 DEC 1896
Obtained by the US Navy on 16 MAR 1898
Commissioned 18 MAR 1898
Decommissioned 06 FEB 1905
Commissioned 15 NOV 1909
Reclassified CL 22 on 08 AUG 1921
Decommissioned 01 NOV 1929
Stricken 13 NOV 1929
Fate: Sold for scrap 11 FEB 1930

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Spanish Campaign Medal - Philippine Campaign Medal - Cuban Pacification Medal
Second Row - China Relief Expedition Medal - Mexican Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal w/ESCORT Clasp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
neworl01	107k	Starboard broadside view of the USS New Orleans underway circa 1899, soon after being commissioned. Library of Congress, Photo #LC-D4-5521	Mike Green
	44k	Port bow view, date unknown.	USN
neworl10	32k	Port bow view, date and location unknown.	Roel Bakels
neworl17	1.5m	New Orleans at anchor, date and location unknown.	Thomas Becher
neworl18	76k	San Pedro, California, date unknown	Mike Davison
	62k	USS New Orleans Docked at the New York Navy Yard, April 1898, immediately after her maiden voyage from England. The receiving ship USS Vermont is at left. Note New Orleans' extra-long commissioning pennant. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 75495 .	USNHC
neworl12	220k	Stern view of the protected cruiser USS New Orleans at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1898 shortly after commissioning Library of Congress, LC-D4-20077	Mike Green
neworl13	220k	Port bow view of the protected cruiser USS New Orleans leaving Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1898 for the Spanish American War. Library of Congress, LC-D4-20078	Mike Green
	62k	USS New Orleans Photographed circa March-April 1898, possibly in a British port prior to her departure for the United States. Note rowing craft in the foreground. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 45112.	USNHC
	62k	USS New Orleans Photographed during the Spanish-American War, 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 45115.	USNHC
	55k	USS New Orleans Halftone photograph, taken during the Spanish-American War and published in the book War in Cuba, 1898. Courtesy of Alfred Cellier, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 85648.	USNHC
	53k	USS New Orleans Dressed with flags, 1898. Note this British-built cruiser's elaborate stern decoration, and the civilian rowboat in foreground. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 45116.	USNHC
neworl19	116k	Quarterdeck area, circa 1899-1900. From the collection of the Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress Photograph ID det.4a13963 taken by Edward H. Hart.	Library of Congress
neworl20	130k	6" deck gun, circa 1899-1900. Note the 1 Pounder guns mounted on the mast. From the collection of the Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress Photograph ID det.4a13964 taken by Edward H. Hart.	Library of Congress
neworl21	127k	6" deck gun, circa 1899-1900. From the collection of the Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress Photograph ID det.4a13965 taken by Edward H. Hart.	Library of Congress
neworl22	150k	Midships, looking forward, circa 1899-1900. From the collection of the Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress Photograph ID det.4a13960 taken by Edward H. Hart.	Library of Congress
neworl23	144k	Quarterdeck, looking forward, circa 1899-1900. Note the 6" Ready Service rounds sitting in racks out in the open on deck. From the collection of the Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress Photograph ID det.4a13962 taken by Edward H. Hart.	Library of Congress
neworl24	127k	Captain Edwin Longnecker standing in the pilothouse, circa 1899-1900. Note the 6" Ready Service rounds sitting in racks out in the open on deck. From the collection of the Detroit Publishing Company Library of Congress Photograph ID det.4a13966 taken by Edward H. Hart.
neworl09	172k	USS New Orleans in New York Harbor, copyright by Enrique Muller, October 1899 and published by The Rotograph Company of New York.	Robert M. Cieri
neworl11	184k	Port bow view of the protected cruiser U.S.S. New Orleans underway between 1900 and 1901 at an unknown location. Library of Congress, LC-D4-20072	Mike Green
neworl14	376k	Stern area while moored at Mare Island, 27 January 1905	Darryl Baker
neworl15	424k	Midships looking aft while moored at Mare Island, 27 January 1905.	Darryl Baker
neworl16	225k	Late afternoon view of her at Mare Island 27 January 1905	Darryl Baker

Commanding Officers
Name/Rank	Class	Final Rank	Dates
Nazro, Arthur Phillips, LCDR	1869		03/18/1898 - 04/18/1898
Folger, William Mayhew, CAPT	1865		04/18/1898 - 08/02/1899
Longnecker, Edwin, CAPT			08/02/1899 - 08/08/1900
Green, James G., CAPT			08/08/1900 - 02/04/1901
Sperry, Charles Stillman, CAPT	1866	RADM	02/04/1901 - 01/10/1903
Ingersoll, Royal Rodney, CDR	1868	RADM	01/10/1903 - 05/27/1903
Blockinger, Gottfried, CDR	1868		05/27/1903 - 10/23./1903
Harber, Giles Bales, CAPT	1869	RADM	10/23/1903 - 02/06/1905
Decommissioned			02/06/1905 - 11/15/1909
Wells, Roger, CDR	1864		11/15/1909 - 10/25/1910
Miller, William Gardner, CDR	1885		10/25/1910 - 02/14/1912
Keller, Henry Rupert, LTJG	1907		02/14/1912 - 12/31/1913
Irwin, Noble Edward, CDR	1891	RADM	12/31/1913 - 08/13/1915
Campbell, Edward Hale, CAPT	1893	VADM	08/13/1915 - 03/31/1916
Jenson, Henry Norman, LCDR	1897		03/31/1916 - 04/16/1918
Larimer, Edward Brown, CDR	1899		04/16/1918 - 05/29/1920
Owens, Charles Truesdale, CAPT	1897		05/29/1920 - 11/16/1922

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

View USS New Orleans (CL 22) Library of Congress Images

USS NEW ORLEANS (Protected Cruiser/PG 34/CL 22) 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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