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{{Short description|Protected cruiser}} {{other ships|USS Newark}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {|{{Infobox ship begin }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = [[File:Newark (Cruiser 1). Port side, 1891 - NARA - 512904.jpg|300px|USS Newark]] | Ship caption = USS ''Newark'' port side, 1891. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1912}} | Ship name = ''Newark'' | Ship namesake = City of [[Newark, New Jersey]] | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = [[William Cramp & Sons]], [[Philadelphia]] | Ship yard number = 258 | Ship laid down = 12 June 1888 | Ship launched = 19 March 1890 | Ship acquired = | Ship sponsor = Miss Annie Boutelle | Ship commissioned = 2 February 1891 | Ship decommissioned = 16 June 1913 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = 26 June 1913 | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship homeport = | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship identification = [[Hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type|Hull symbol]]:C-1 | Ship fate = 7 September 1926, sold for scrap | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = [[Protected cruiser]] | Ship displacement = {{convert|4083|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | Ship length = * {{convert|311|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} [[Waterline length|lwl]] * {{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|oa]] | Ship beam = {{convert|49|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = * {{convert|18|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean) * {{convert|22|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} (max) | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship power = *4 Γ [[boiler]]s *2 Γ horizontal [[Triple expansion steam engine#Multiple expansion engines|triple expansion engines]] *{{convert|8500|ihp|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *2 Γ [[Propeller|shaft]]s | Ship speed = {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|3922|nmi|lk=on|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship complement = 34 officers, 350 enlisted men | Ship armament = *12 Γ [[6"/30 caliber gun|{{convert|6|in|adj=on|0}}/30]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] Mark 3 guns *4 Γ [[QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss|6-pounder ({{convert|57|mm|in|abbr=on}}) guns]] *4 Γ [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|3-pounder ({{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}}) guns]] *2 Γ [[Hotchkiss gun|1-pounder ({{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}}) guns]] *4 Γ [[.45-70|.45 caliber]] (11.4 mm) [[Gatling gun]]s | Ship armor = *'''[[Gun shield]]s:''' {{convert|2|in|mm|abbr=on}} *'''[[Main deck]]:''' {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}} *'''[[Conning tower|Conning Tower]]:''' {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}} | Ship notes = }} |} The first '''USS ''Newark'' (C-1)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[protected cruiser]], the eighth protected cruiser launched by the United States. In design, she succeeded the "ABC" cruisers {{USS|Atlanta|1884|2}}, {{USS|Boston|1884|2}}, and {{USS|Chicago|1885|2}} with better protection, higher speed, and a uniform 6-inch gun armament. Four additional protected cruisers (C-2 through C-5) were launched for the USN prior to ''Newark''.<ref name=Conways1>Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 151</ref><ref name=Register1>Bauer and Roberts, pp. 141β143</ref> She was laid down by [[William Cramp & Sons]] of [[Philadelphia]] on 12 June 1888, launched on 19 March 1890, sponsored by Miss [[Annie Boutelle]], the daughter of [[United States House of Representatives|Representative]] [[Charles A. Boutelle]] of [[Maine]], and commissioned on 2 February 1891, Captain [[Silas Casey III]] in command.<ref name=DANFS>{{cite DANFS |url= http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/newark-i.html |title= Newark I (C-1) |date= 13 August 2015 |access-date= 24 November 2015 }}</ref>
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