Editing Protected cruiser (section)

===United States===
{{see also|List of cruisers of the United States Navy#Protected and Peace cruisers (C, PG)}}
[[File:Atlanta (protected). Port bow, 1891 - NARA - 512894.jpg|thumb|300px|USS ''Atlanta'' in 1891]]
The first protected cruiser of the [[United States Navy]]'s "New Navy" was {{USS|Atlanta|1884|6}},<ref name="NHC1"/> [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in October 1884, soon followed by {{USS|Boston|1884|6}} in December, and {{USS|Chicago|1885|6}} a year later. A numbered series of cruisers began with [[USS Newark (C-1)|''Newark'' (Cruiser No. 1)]], although [[USS Charleston (C-2)|''Charleston'' (Cruiser No. 2)]] was the first to be launched, in July 1888, and ending with another ''Charleston'', [[USS Charleston (C-22)|Cruiser No. 22]], launched in 1904. The last survivor of this series is {{USS|Olympia|C-6|6}}, preserved as a [[museum ship]] in [[Philadelphia]].

The reclassification of 17 July 1920 put an end to the U.S. usage of the term "protected cruiser", the existing ships were classified as light or heavy cruisers with new numbers, depending on their level of armor.<ref name="NHC1">[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/spanam/crus-pge.htm Early American cruisers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707160854/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/spanam/crus-pge.htm |date=7 July 2010 }} from the Naval Historical Center. Excluding the larger armored cruiser type, these warships were "protected cruisers", with a steel armored deck covering machinery and ammunition magazines.</ref>