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    The first USS Chicago (later CA-14) was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy, the largest of the original three authorized by Congress for the...
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  • ships have been named USS Chicago, after the city of Chicago, Illinois. USS Chicago (1885) was a protected cruiser launched in 1885 and active in World...
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    the secondary batteries for its "New Navy" protected cruisers Atlanta, Chicago, and Boston and the Mark 3 used for the primary and secondary batteries...
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  •  183. ISBN 978-1-84832-100-7. Photo gallery of USS Chicago at NavSource Naval History Photo gallery of USS Panther at NavSource Naval History Bluejackets...
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    Central Chicago National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago National Register of Historic Places listings in West Side Chicago USS Chicago...
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    despatch vessel USS Dolphin, with the following other U.S. naval vessels present: USS Atlanta USS Bennington USS Charleston USS Chicago (1885) 1903 at Oyster...
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    92–93, 96–100, 135–138) Unknown USS Chicago (1885) Mark 3: 14 × 5″/40 caliber (Nos. 144, 146–158) (1898 refit) Unknown USS San Francisco (C-5) Mark 3: 2...
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    Installed Gun Mount USS Chicago (1885) Mark 4: 8"/35 caliber (Nos. 69 – 72) refit 8"/30s in 1899 Mark 2: 4 × Single "Half-turret" USS New York (ACR-2) Mark...
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    protected cruiser USS Chicago (1885), and reported aboard her on 22 August 1904. Detached on 28 October 1905, he reported to store ship USS Celtic (AF-2)...
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    Photo gallery of USS Boston at NavSource Naval History Photo gallery of USS Chicago at NavSource Naval History Photo gallery of USS Atlanta at NavSource...
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  • (1877–1978) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Newark. Last Medal of Honor recipient. Nathan E. Cook (1885–1992) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Pensacola. Walter Pleate (1876–1985) –...
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    Chester W. Nimitz (category 1885 births)
    Chester William Nimitz (/ˈnɪmɪts/; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the...
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    USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
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    USS Cairo /ˈkeɪroʊ/ is the lead ship of the City-class casemate ironclads built at the beginning of the American Civil War to serve as river gunboats...
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    He served on board the USS Yantic from February 1884 to October 1885. He served on board the USS Swatara from October 1885 to October 1886. He was then...
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    USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service with the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. She...
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    politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only U.S. president to serve non-consecutive...
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  • American, a compact line of cars by American Motors Corporation (1958–1969) USS American, several ships of the US Navy 4-4-0, a classification of railway...
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    Naval Training Center near Chicago, where he established an aviator training program. While commanding the battleship USS Mississippi (1918–1921) he supported...
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  • including a list of people and fictional characters Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th president of the United States and general of the Union during...
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    aboard the USS Fairfield, the USS Delaware and the USS Cumberland. In May 1846, McCauley was reassigned to the Africa Squadron aboard the USS United States...
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    USCGC Taney (WHEC-37) USS Annapolis (PG-10) USS Atlanta USS Baltimore (C-3) USS Boston USS Charleston (C-2) USS Chicago USS Dolphin (PG-24) USS Elcano (PG-38) USS Iowa (BB-4)...
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    USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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    from 1882 to 1885. He was promoted to commander on 1 March 1885. Folger returned to sea as the commanding officer of the screw corvette USS Quinnebaug in...
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    manufacturer, which were similar to the Armstrong-built Naniwa and launched in 1885. USS Baltimore was also built to Armstrong plans. Building Charleston's propulsion...
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    USS Adams and later was first lieutenant (second in command) of USS Nautilus. He then served under Captain John Rodgers on USS Constitution and USS Essex...
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    cruiser USS Chicago, flagship of Rear Adm. John G. Walker in the Squadron of Evolution. In November 1892, he assumed command of the receiving ship USS Vermont...
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    USS Dolphin (PG-24) was a gunboat/dispatch vessel; the fourth ship of the United States Navy to share the name. Dolphin was the first U.S. Navy ship to...
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    in 1885. Byrd tells us in error she and her boiler were built in 1882. The keel was laid in March 1884, the launching took place on 15 July 1885, and...
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    (1884), protected cruiser – Spanish–American War, later Despatch (IX-2) Chicago (1885), protected cruiser Vesuvius (1888), experimental dynamite guns – Spanish–American...
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