Atlanta in 1891 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Atlanta |
| Namesake: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Laid down: | 8 November 1883 |
| Launched: | 9 October 1884 |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1886 |
| Decommissioned: | September 1895 |
| Recommissioned: | 15 September 1900 |
| Decommissioned: | 23 March 1912 |
| Struck: | 24 April 1912 |
| Fate: | Sold to private owner, 10 June 1912 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,189 long tons (3,240 t) |
| Length: | 288 ft 6 in (87.93 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft 2 in (12.85 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails 2 × steam boilers 1 × screw |
| Speed: | 16.3 kn (18.8 mph; 30.2 km/h) |
| Complement: | 284 |
| Armament: | 2 × 8 in (200 mm) guns 6 × 6 in (150 mm) guns 2 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.24 in) guns 2 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.85 in) guns 2 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1.46 in) guns 2 × Gatling guns |
The second USS Atlanta was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s.
Atlanta was laid down on 8 November 1883 at Chester, Pennsylvania by John Roach & Sons; launched on 9 October 1884; sponsored by Miss Jessie Lincoln, the daughter of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln and granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 July 1886, Capt. Francis M. Bunce in command.