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USS PHILADELPHIA (Cruiser No. 4/IX 24)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: Nan - Queen - Able
(Contributed by John Spivey)

CLASS - PHILADELPHIA
Displacement 4,324 Tons, Dimensions, 335' (oa) x 48' 6" x 23' 5" (Max)
Armament 12 x 6"/30, 4 x 6pdr, 4 x 3pdr, 2 x 1pdr.
Armor, 3" Shields, 4" Deck, 3" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 10,500 IHP; 2 Horizontal, Triple Expansion Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 19 Knots, Crew 384.
Operational and Building Data
Keel laid on 22 MAR 1888 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA
Launched 07 SEP 1889
Commissioned 28 JUL 1890
Decommissioned 18 DEC 1897
Commissioned 09 JUL 1898
Decommissioned 22 SEP 1902
Designated as Receiving Ship 12 MAY 1904
Designated as Prision Ship 04 NOV 1912
Designated as Receiving Ship 19 JAN 1916
Reclassified IX 24 17 JUL 1920
Stricken 24 NOV 1926
Fate: Sold at public auction at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1927 to Louis Rotherberg.

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal - Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory w/ARMED GUARD Clasp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By And/Or Copyright
Philadelphia	24k	Port Bow, Undated.		USN
Philadelphia c0415	439k	At anchor location unknown, circa 1890's.		John Chiquoine
Philadelphia c0405	99k	Port bow view of the USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) in 1892-1893. Library of Congress, Photo #LC-D4-20878		Colin P. Varga/Mike Green
Philadelphia c0417	153k	USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) at anchor, in 1892. Imperial War Museum photo.		Robert Hurst
Vesuvius c0402	555k	USS Philadelphia (C 4) , center playing her searchlights on USS Alarm, at left, and USS Vesuvius, at right. Water by Fred S. Cozzens, 1892, published as a chromolithograph in Our Navy Its Growth and Achievements, 1897. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.		Source Collection: NH 74552 via history.navy.mil
Philadelphia	137k	USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) - Halftone photograph, copyright 1892 by J.S. Johnston, New York, and published in Uncle Sam's Navy, 1898. middle or later 1890s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 42603.		Fred Weiss/USNHC
Philadelphia c0418	102k	USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) at anchor, New York, during the Columbian Naval Parade, 27 April 1893. Photographer unknown. Image courtesy DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University.		Robert Hurst
Philadelphia	84k	USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) Photographed by Thomas, Port Angeles, Washington, during the middle or later 1890s. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 42604.		Fred Weiss/USNHC
Philadelphia c0413	115k	Port bow on view of the USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) at anchor with boats out between 1890-1901 at an unknown location . Library of Congress, LC-D4-20099		Mike Green
Philadelphia c0414	106k	Starboard broadside image of the USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) underway between 1890-1901 at an unknown location. Library of Congress, LC-D4-20094		Mike Green
Philadelphia	285k	The USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) is at the seawall at Mare Island in Dec 1899.		Darryl Baker
Philadelphia	321k	Bow view of the USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) is in the Mare Island channel on 5 Dec 1899.		Darryl Baker
Philadelphia	322k	Stern view of the USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) is in the Mare Island channel on 5 Dec 1899.		Darryl Baker
Philadelphia	472k	Bow view of the USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) is in the Mare Island channel on 14 Aug 1902. Mare Island is in the backgrond.		Darryl Baker
Philadelphia	24k	USS Philadelphia while undated, this picture is after May 1904 when she was designated a Receiving Ship at Puget Sound Navy Yard.		Gunter Krebs
Philadelphia c0416	225k	Undated image of the Receiving Ship USS Philadelphia at her moorings, in Puget Sound.		Robert Hurst
Philadelphia c0412	269k	Postcard of Philadelphia between May 1904 and November 1912 or January 1916 and November 1926 when she was used as a Receiving Ship at Bremerton Washington.		Tommy Trampp
Philadelphia c0420	USS Philadelphia sometime after 1904 as Receiving Ship at Puget Sound Navy Yard. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 44360.		Mike Green
Philadelphia c0419	169k	USS Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, while serving as Receiving Ship, 1 October 1911. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo #NH 42606		Mike Green
Charleston c2224	1.8m	Philadelphia (Cruiser No. 4) (left) and USS Charleston at Puget Sound Navy Yard prior to World War I, when Philadelphia served as a Receiving Ship. Note the contrast between Charleston’s brightly painted hull and her drab stacks. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph #NH 92172)		NHHC

Commanding Officers

Name/Rank Class Final Rank Dates

Bradford, Robert Forbes, CAPT 1852 07/28/1890 - 09/22/1890

Rodgers, Frederick, CDR 1861 09/22/1890 -

Barker, Albert Smith, CAPT 1861 07/06/1892 -

Cotton, Charles Stanhope, CAPT 1861 RADM 08/24/1894

Decommissioned 12/18/1897 - 07/09/1898

Wadliegh, George Henry, CAPT 1864 07/01/1898 -

White, Edwin, CAPT 07/09/1898 - 11/07/1899

Reiter, George Cook, CAPT 1865 11/07/1899

Mead, William Whitman, CAPT 1865 RADM 02/20/1900 - 01/07/1902

Reisinger, William Wagner, CAPT 1866 01/07/1902 - 09/22/1902

Decommissioned 09/22/1902

Perkins, Charles Plummer, CDR 1869 12/29/1902

Doyle, Robert Morris, CDR 1875

Sherman, Francis Howland, CDR 1876 01/03/1907

Bertolette, Levi Calvin, CDR 1887 01/03/1910

Bradshaw, George Brown, CDR 1889 09/11/1911

Washington, Thomas, CAPT 1887 12/05/1913

Tozer, Charles Mason, CDR 10/02/1916

Shapley, Lloyd Stowell, CAPT 1899 11/24/1918

Hinds, Alfred Walton, CAPT 1894 04/28/1919

Fewel, Christopher Catron, CDR 1893 05/14/1919

Willson, James David, CDR 1903 08/05/1921

(Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves - Photos courtesy of Bill Gonyo)

USS PHILADELPHIA (Cruiser No. 4/IX 24) History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry on the U.S. Navy Historical Center website.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable To This Ship

Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Cruiser Pages By Andrew Toppan.

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