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Online Library of Selected Images
Ships of the Spanish-American War--
Cruisers--USS Montgomery, USS Detroit and USS Marblehead

Montgomery (Cruiser # 9), Detroit (Cruiser # 10) and Marblehead (Cruiser # 11) were lightly-protected cruisers, the smallest of that type in the 1898 U.S. Navy. All three were completed in 1894. During the Spanish-American War, they were actively employed in the Cuban and Caribbean areas. Detroit was disposed of in 1910, but the other two continued in service through the First World War.

This page features views of these three cruisers.

If better quality reproductions than these digital images are desired, see "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

In all cases, clicking on the small photograph will prompt a larger view of the same image.

Photo #: NH 45717

USS Montgomery (C-9)

Photographed circa 1894-99.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 67,486 bytes; 740 x 590 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45718

USS Montgomery (C-9)

At sea under steam and sail, circa 1894-97, with laundry drying on her foremast rigging and many crewmen on deck.

Courtesy of Captain R.H. Johnson, 1932.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 56,844 bytes; 740 x 550 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54506

USS Detroit (C-10)

Halftone photograph taken circa 1893-98, and published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 81,694 bytes; 740 x 615 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 54505

USS Detroit (C-10)

At anchor, circa 1893-1900.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 67,055 bytes; 740 x 535 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 46636

USS Marblehead (C-11)

In an icy harbor, circa 1894-99.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 73,936 bytes; 740 x 620 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 47159

USS Marblehead (C-11)

"Stripped for battle" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa June-July 1898.

Donation of Capt. Dudley W. Knox, 1926, from the McCalla collection.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 70,108 bytes; 740 x 620 pixels

 

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28 February 1998