Chicago (CG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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4 fr .., , t .1 ,All I Af- I A - rr- I dih--at Protected cruiser CHICAGO had a length over- all of 342,feet, 2 inches: extreme beam of 45 feet, 3 inches, a normal- displacement of 4,500 tons, a mean draft of 19 feet, a designed speed of 14 knotsp and-.a complemerit of 33 officers and 376 enlisted men. Her steel hull was fitted with a rant bbw. She had two compound overhead beam re- ciprocating engines rated at 5,000 horsepower. AuXbiiery sailJpower was supplied by a bark rig spreading 14,000 square feet of canvas. Her steel hut. was built .n many water-tight compartments and she was illuminated throughput 'with Edis- on's new electric system. A steel protective deck C4 inches maximum thicknessj covered her ma- chinery space, curving down at the sides to below her waterline. The first CHICAGO was initially armed with four 3-inch Mark II .30 caliber breech-loading riflesg eight 6-inch Mark II .30 caliber breechload- ing riflesp two 6-pounder Hotchkiss rapid fire guns, two 1-pounder Hotchkiss rapid fire guns, four 47-mm heavy nfafchinellgounsg two 37-mm heavy machine gunsg and two 45-mm Gatling guns. Her boat armament included two 37-mm Hotchkiss machine guns and two 45-mm Gatling guns. When Secretary of the Navy John D. Long organized a Squadron of the Evolution to cruise in European waters, CHICAGO was designated flagship. Rear Admiral john G. Walker was ap- pointed to this important command. He broke his flag as Commander-in-Chief aboard CHICAGO at the New York Navy Yard on 1 October 1889. Other initial ships in the squadron were protect- ed cruisers ATLANTA and BOSTON, and the recently-built YORKTOWN. They would cap- ture the imagination of the world as the famed White Squadronff a title supplied by their ap- pearance after their outside hulls were painted white down to the waterline. The pride of the United States Navy, CHICA- GO, led her Squadron of the Evolution from Bos- ton in late 1889 to give the maritime nations of Europe visual knowledge of rising United States seapower. The gleaming white ships called at Lis- bon, Portugal, Gibraltar, Cartagenag and princi- pal ports in France, Italyg Greeceand- Algeria, In mid-1890 CHICAGO headed southwest to South America for visits of friendship and compliment. CHICAGO brought her squadron into Rio de Janeiro and was visited by the President of Brazil on 4 july 1890. Her deck log for that date records: At dusk dressed ship with japanese lanterns, rainbow and yard arms and fired off fireworks in celebration of the 4th of July. She departed the next day for New York. ,-.ff .. ,- ' . ix 4-'lx . I 11. Qvvr fl' N T P, J' l St' ' z 1 h L K , 1-5s 2.53 g i . 477 ig., ,Q in I . V1 li .L 5 .5 4 '. A t ,N 'T gif' 4' I U L' ' r , W 1 1 T Q' etir r f 1 ' rir Irt. A L 'S ll x V it I nl X l X I Bit xx X I tk., A ff 'X Ng ... it ,, x Y Nj il I 5 Quill! Xt L N t I Q it i I lil ,. .. X i ' 5 T A . X t ' 'Y 'I , ' 'll , f ' ll 4, ' , If ' 'f'9I-'- -1 'M f 'ri ' ,, - all ? lil ' ' f 1 ,' . ' '4 12,811 1, ' t t 45 t I a W I , ill' ,gf by l I fl! f ill' .ry I as X I pe- t' , Xa 'mf ' ef' f i 1 ,refs Qi ,If s 'llllit X ' N 1' Kw ik l it I f -f- . '11 ul-l ll' 'l Xi 3 .X 911 I

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