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Encyclopedia > USS St. Louis

USS St. Louis has been the name of six ships in the United States Navy. All were named for the city in Missouri.

  • The first St. Louis was a sloop-of-war commissioned in 1828.
  • The second St. Louis was a gunboat later renamed Baron de Kalb during the American Civil War.
  • The third St. Louis was a transatlantic passenger liner, charter for Naval service during the Spanish-American War. Later renamed Louisville (SP-1644).
  • The sixth St. Louis was decommissioned in 1992.
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USS St. Louis (1894) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (733 words)
Louis, a transatlantic passenger liner built by the William Cramp and Sons Building and Engine Company, Philadelphia, Pa., was launched on 12 November 1894; sponsored by Mrs.
Louis was specially outfitted with heavy drag lines in order to destroy undersea cable communications in the West Indies and to the mainland of South America.
Louis was delivered to the Navy at New York to be wholly manned and operated by the Navy as a troop transport.
USS St. Louis (C-20) (853 words)
Louis was recommissioned, in reserve, on 7 October 1911 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard.
Louis departed Honolulu on 9 April to join the cruiser force engaged in escorting convoys bound for Europe.
Louis continued her humanitarian duties at Constantinople and at Anatolian ports during the time of unrest caused by the Russian Civil War and the Turkish Revolution.
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