NAVYPEDIA

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
	Atlanta		John Roach, Chester	8.11.1883	9.10.1884	19.7.1886	stricken 4.1912
	Boston		John Roach, Chester // New York N Yd	15.11.1883	4.12.1884	2.5.1887	Naval Militia TS 6.1911

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3189
Displacement full, t
Length, m	86.3
Breadth, m	12.8
Draught, m	5.18 mean
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HCE, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	3500
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 490
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 38, barbettes: 51
Armament	2 x 1 - 203/31 Mk I, 6 x 1 - 152/30 Mk II, 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss Mk I
Complement	284

Standard scale images

Project history

Authorized under the Act of 3.3.1883. 203mm guns were echeloned to port forward and starboard aft, with the end 152mm in the central superstructure counter-echeloned, to permit axial fire of 1 203mm and 1 152mm fore and aft. They were much too slow to be effective cruisers, and the partial deck gave very inadequate protection. Sail, in the form of a brig rig without royals or head gear, was later removed.

Ship protection

A 38mm deck extended for 30.5m over the machinery spaces, and 203mm guns had a 51mm barbettes and later received shielded mountings.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

From November 1905 Atlanta served as an accommodation ship for torpedo boat crews, while Boston acted as a training ship for the Oregon Naval Militia from June 1911 to September 1916, served as receiving ship at Yerba Buena from 1918 to 1946, and renamed Despatch in August 1940.