USS Chattanooga (CL-18)

	USS Chattanooga (C-16), USN photograph, unknown date.
History
United States
Name	Chattanooga
Namesake	City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ordered	3 March 1899
Awarded	14 December 1899
Builder	Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey
Cost	$1,039,966 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down	29 March 1900
Launched	7 March 1903
Sponsored by	Miss L. N. Chambliss
Acquired	3 March 1905
Commissioned	11 October 1904
Decommissioned	19 July 1921
Reclassified	PG-30, 17 July 1920; CL-18, 8 August 1921;
Stricken	13 December 1929
Identification	Hull symbol: C-16; Hull symbol: PG-30; Hull symbol: CL-18;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 March 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Denver-class protected cruiser
Displacement	3,200 long tons (3,251 t) (standard); 3,514 long tons (3,570 t) (full load);
Length	308 ft 9 in (94.11 m) oa; 292 ft (89 m)pp;
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) (mean)
Installed power	6 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 21,000 ihp (16,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines; 2 × screws;
Sail plan	Schooner
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph); 16.75 knots (31.02 km/h; 19.28 mph) (Speed on Trial);
Complement	31 officers 261 enlisted men
Armament	10 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 Breech-loading rifles; 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns;
Armor	Deck: 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) (slope); 3⁄16 in (4.8 mm) (flat); Shields: 1+3⁄4 in (44 mm);
General characteristics (1921)
Armament	8 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading rifles; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 anti-aircraft gun ; 6 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns;

USS Chattanooga (C-16/PG-30/CL-18) was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second Navy ship named for the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

History
USS Chattanooga (C-16), USN photograph, unknown date.
United States
Name	Chattanooga
Namesake	City of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ordered	3 March 1899
Awarded	14 December 1899
Builder	Crescent Shipyard, Elizabethport, New Jersey
Cost	$1,039,966 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down	29 March 1900
Launched	7 March 1903
Sponsored by	Miss L. N. Chambliss
Acquired	3 March 1905
Commissioned	11 October 1904
Decommissioned	19 July 1921
Reclassified	PG-30, 17 July 1920 CL-18, 8 August 1921
Stricken	13 December 1929
Identification	Hull symbol: C-16 Hull symbol: PG-30 Hull symbol: CL-18
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 March 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Denver-class protected cruiser
Displacement	3,200 long tons (3,251 t) (standard) 3,514 long tons (3,570 t) (full load)
Length	308 ft 9 in (94.11 m) oa 292 ft (89 m)pp
Beam	44 ft (13 m)
Draft	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) (mean)
Installed power	6 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 21,000 ihp (16,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × screws
Sail plan	Schooner
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) 16.75 knots (31.02 km/h; 19.28 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement	31 officers 261 enlisted men
Armament	10 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 Breech-loading rifles 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns
Armor	Deck: 2+1⁄2 in (64 mm) (slope) 3⁄16 in (4.8 mm) (flat) Shields: 1+3⁄4 in (44 mm)
General characteristics (1921)
Armament	8 × 5 in (127 mm)/50 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading rifles 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 anti-aircraft gun 6 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) rapid fire guns 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns