Operational and Building Data
Keel laid at John Roach and Sons, Chester, PA
Launched as 05 DEC 1885
Commissioned 17 APR 1889
Decommissioned 01 MAY 1895
Commissioned 01 DEC 1898
Decommissioned 03 DEC 1903
Commissioned 15 AUG 1904
Decommissioned 27 AUG 1908
Commissioned 14 MAY 1909
Decommissioned 28 AUG 1909
Assigned to the Massachusettes Naval Militia 23 JAN 1910
Assigned to the Pennsylvania Naval Militia 26 APR 1916
Commissioned 06 APR 1917
Reclassified CL 14 in 1921
Decommissioned 30 SEP 1923
Renamed ALTON and reclassified IX 5 16 JUL 1928
Fate: Sold 15 MAY 1936. Foundered in mid-Pacific in July 1936 while being towed from Honolulu to San Francisco.