USS Philadelphia (C-4)
Protected steel cruiser USS Philadelphia | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Philadelphia |
| Namesake | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
| Yard number | 257 |
| Laid down | 22 March 1888 |
| Launched | 7 September 1889 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker |
| Commissioned | 28 July 1890 |
| Decommissioned | 22 September 1902 |
| Notes | housed over as receiving ship 1904 |
| Reclassified | Receiving ship, 12 May 1904 |
| Reclassified | Prison ship, 4 November 1912 |
| Reclassified | Receiving Ship, 19 January 1916 |
| Reclassified | IX-24, 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 24 November 1926 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold, 1927 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 48 ft 6 in (14.78 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed | |
| Range | 6,354 nmi (11,768 km; 7,312 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 384 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
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| General characteristics (1914) | |
| Installed power | |
| Complement | 187 enlisted men |
| Armament | all armaments removed |
| Notes | ship listed as "Unserviceable for War Purposes" |
The fourth USS Philadelphia (C-4) (later IX-24) was the sixth protected cruiser of the United States Navy. Although designed by the Navy Department, her hull was similar to the preceding British-designed Baltimore, but Philadelphia had a uniform main armament of twelve 6-inch guns.
She was laid down 22 March 1888 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, launched 7 September 1889, sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker; and commissioned 28 July 1890, Capt. Albert S. Barker in command.