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Military


C-3 Baltimore

Specifications
Displacement (std)
Displacement (full) 4,413 tons
Length 327 feet 6 inches
Beam 48 feet 7½ Inches
Draft 19 feet 6 inches / 23 feet, 11½ inches fully loaded
Powerplant 4 four double-ended cylindrical boilers Horizontal triple-expansion engines
Horsepower 7,500 indicated horse-power, natural draught
10,750 indicated horse-power, forced draught
Screws 2
Speed 21.5 knots
Endurance 7,212 nautical miles at 10 knots
Coal bunker capacity: 1,143.87 tons
Normal coal supply: 400 tons
Armor Unarmored, but with a protective deck of 4" of steel on the slopes and 2 ½ " on the flat (top), 2" gun protection.
Armament Four 8" breechloading guns
Six 6" breechloading guns
Four 6 pounder rapid fire guns
Two 3 pounder rapid fire guns
Two 1 pounder rapid fire guns
Four 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving cannon
Two Gatling Guns
One 3 inch field piece (for landing parties).
Five 14" torpedo tubes
Aircraft
Complement 300 total
36 Officers and 350 Enlisted Men
Cost $1,325,000



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