Originally, the armament of the ship should have included only 76 mm guns, which were recognized as powerful enough to counter destroyers of that time, but during the design, some of them were replaced with 127 mm guns. Very high boards were one of her constructive peculiarities, which allowed her to maintain a high speed, even in a storm. Such ships should be high-speed, large, and able to operate on the open seas, far from naval bases.Īs a result, in 1905, a project to create a cruiser with a displacement of 3,700 tons and a speed of 24 knots was undertaken. Navy exercise of 1902, which was the most large-scale naval drill of that time, revealed an extreme lack of reconnaissance ships in the U.S. On the way, this cruiser entered many Latin American ports where it made a good impression, and passed from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Magellan. The armor belt protecting the propulsion provided a significant advantage compared to other same-type ships with rapid-fire artillery, most of which were protected by an armored deck.Īfter her trials, the beautiful new ship with four steam stacks and snow-white sides shining moved to San Diego from New York. Navy, she had a displacement of 10,000 tons, fourteen 152 mm guns, and a speed of 22 knots. That forced the American engineers to revise the design. She was bigger than Olympia's descendants, carried 152 mm guns and her speed was up to 23 knots. However, at one of the American shipyards, cruiser Varyag was laid down for the Russian Navy. According to that design, the ship would have had a displacement of 6,000 tons, combined armament including heavy and rapid-fire guns, and a speed of 20 knots. flagship in the Battle of Manila Bay, cruiser Olympia, with some improvements. At the early stage of design, it was planned to build a series of ships based on the design of the U.S. Louis, named after a city in the state of Missouri, was laid down in 1902. Louis in the Strait of Magellan, 1907Ĭruiser St.

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