Cincinnati-class cruiser

	USS Cincinnati
Class overview
Name	Cincinnati class
Builders	New York Navy Yard; Norfolk Navy Yard;
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	USS Olympia (C-6)
Succeeded by	Montgomery class
Cost	$1,100,000 each
Built	1889–1894
In service	1894–1920
In commission	1894–1919
Planned	2
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3,183 long tons (3,234 t) (standard); 3,339 long tons (3,393 t) (full load);
Length	305 ft 9 in (93.19 m)
Beam	42 ft (13 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power	6 × steam boilers; 2 × vertical triple expansion engines; 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h)
Range	8,652 nmi (16,024 km; 9,957 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	312
Armament	As built:; 1 × 6 in (152 mm)/40 caliber gun; 10 × 5 in (127 mm)/40 caliber guns; 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns; 1 × Gatling gun; 4 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) (slope); 1 in (25 mm) (flat); Conning Tower: 2 in (51 mm); Gun Sponsons: 4 in (102 mm);
General characteristics (1903)
Installed power	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 2 × vertical triple expansion engines; 8,500 ihp (6,300 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h)
Armament	11 × 5 in (127 mm)/40 caliber guns; 8 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns; 1 × Gatling gun;

The Cincinnati-class cruisers were two small protected cruisers built for the United States Navy in the early 1890s. They were smaller and more lightly armed and protected than most previous US cruisers, and were intended for commerce raiding. They may also be referred to as Raleigh-class cruisers, as Raleigh was launched and commissioned prior to Cincinnati.

The Cincinnati-class cruisers were authorized by an Act of Congress approved on 7 September 1888, in the same bill with New York, Olympia and the Montgomery class.

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