USS Milwaukee (C-21)

USS Milwaukee ca. 1906-1908
History
United States
Name:	Milwaukee
Namesake:	City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ordered:	7 June 1900
Awarded:	17 April 1901
Builder:	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost:	$2,825,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down:	30 July 1902
Launched:	10 September 1904
Sponsored by:	Miss Janet Mitchell, daughter of U.S. Senator John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin
Completed:	17 April 1904
Acquired:	6 December 1906
Commissioned:	11 May 1906
Decommissioned:	6 March 1917
Struck:	23 June 1919
Identification:	Hull symbol:C-21
Fate:	stranded at Samoa Beach off Eureka, California, 13 January 1917 sold as scrap on 5 August 1919
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	St. Louis-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	9,700 long tons (9,856 t) (standard) 10,839 long tons (11,013 t) (full load)
Length:	426 ft 6 in (130.00 m)oa 424 ft (129 m)pp
Beam:	66 ft (20 m)
Draft:	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) (mean)
Installed power:	12 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 21,000 ihp (16,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 2 × screws
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) 22.22 knots (41.15 km/h; 25.57 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Armament:	14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 caliber Mark 8 Breech-loading rifles 18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns 12 ×3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) saluting guns 8 × 1-pounder 37 mm (1.5 in) rapid-fire guns 4 × 1-pounder (37 mm) guns
Armor:	Belt armor: 4 in (100 mm) Deck (amidships): 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Shields: 4 in Conning tower: 5 in (130 mm)
General characteristics (1918)
Armament:	12 × 6 in/50 caliber Mark 8 breech-loading rifles 4 × 3 in/50 caliber guns 2 × 3 in/50 anti-aircraft guns 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) saluting guns

The second USS Milwaukee (C-21) was a St. Louis-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1906, Milwaukee was deployed to the Pacific Ocean. On 13 January 1917, while aiding a grounded submarine, the cruiser grounded herself. The ship was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 1919.

Milwaukee was laid down on 30 July 1902 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California and launched on 10 September 1904, sponsored by Miss Janet Mitchell, daughter of U.S. Senator John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin. The cruiser was commissioned on 10 December 1906, Commander Charles Augustus Gove in command.

After a shakedown cruise off the coast of California and Mexico, from 14 March through 28 May 1907, Milwaukee departed San Francisco, California on 26 June 1907 and cruised off the coast of San Salvador and Costa Rica and engaging in target practice with the squadron in Magdalena Bay. On 26 March 1908, the cruiser sailed from San Francisco for Bremerton, Washington, where she was placed in reserve on 25 April. Except for a cruise in the summer of 1908 which took her to Hawaii and to Honduras, the ship remained in reserve status at Puget Sound Navy Yard until decommissioned on 3 May 1910.