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== Service history == === Atlantic Squadron, 1890β1893 === While fitting out at the [[New York Navy Yard]], ''Philadelphia'' was designated on 18 August as [[flagship]] of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Bancroft Gherardi]], commanding the [[North Atlantic Squadron]]. The squadron departed New York on 19 January 1891 to cruise the [[West Indies]] for the protection of American interests until May. It was during this time Fred J. Buenzle had served aboard the ''Philadelphia'', as noted in ''Bluejacket; An Autobiography'', a part of the ''Classics of Naval Literature'' series. Then to the northern waters as far as [[City of Halifax|Halifax]], Nova Scotia. Early the following year, the flagship called at [[Montevideo]], Uruguay, 6β18 February, after which she resumed cruising in the West Indies.<ref name=DANFS1/> [[File:USS Philadelphia (C-4).jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Philadelphia'' at sea]] ''Philadelphia'' continued operations with the Atlantic Squadron along the eastern seaboard of the United States and in the West Indies until 1 March 1893. She was then assigned to the [[Naval Review Fleet]] as flagship of Rear Admiral [[Bancroft Gherardi]]. Charged with conducting the [[Naval Review|International Rendezvous and Review]], with a fleet of twelve American ships, he received the visiting foreign ships as they commenced arrival in [[Hampton Roads]] on 8 April. The fleet steamed to New York 24 April, where it joined additional foreign visitors to form a combined fleet of 35 men-of-war. President [[Grover Cleveland]] reviewed the Fleet 27 April, after which appropriately festive ceremonies took place, initiating a parade through the streets of New York. The Naval Review Fleet disbanded 31 May and ''Philadelphia'' departed New York 30 June 1893, bound for the [[Pacific Squadron]] via [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, and [[Callao]], Peru.<ref name=DANFS1/> === Pacific Station, 1893β1902 === [[File:Philadelphia-protected-steel-cruiser-Currier-Ives.jpeg|thumbnail|Painting of the ship c. 1893]] ''Philadelphia'' arrived San Francisco 22 August 1893. As the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station, she cruised with the squadron, engaging in drills and maneuvers, and visiting various ports on the west coast of the United States, Mexico, and South America, and in the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. She arrived at the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] 14 October 1897 and decommissioned there 18 December.<ref name=DANFS1/> ''Philadelphia'' recommissioned 9 July 1898 and became the flagship of Rear Admiral [[Joseph N. Miller|J. N. Miller]], Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station. She steamed from San Francisco 2 July to participate in the ceremonies attending the [[Territory of Hawaii#Annexation|assumption of sovereignty]] by the United States over the Hawaiian Islands. Flagship ''Philadelphia'' arrived [[Honolulu]] 3 August, and nine days hence her officers and those of the [[steam sloop]] {{USS|Mohican|1883|2}}, with a force under arms from the two warships, represented the US Navy at the ceremonies transferring the Hawaiian Islands to the United States.<ref name=DANFS1/> In March 1899, with Commander-in-Chief Rear Admiral [[Albert Kautz]] embarked, ''Philadelphia'' steamed to the [[Samoan Islands]] for duty in connection with the settlement of [[Second Samoan Civil War|civil difficulties]] by the Samoan Commissioners of the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. A landing party from ''Philadelphia'' went ashore in the vicinity of [[Vailele]] 1 April to act in concert with a British landing party. The combined force, ambushed by adherents of [[Mata'afa Iosefo|Chief Mataafa]], sustained seven killed and seven wounded, including two American officers, Lieutenant [[Philip Lansdale]] and Ensign [[John R. Monaghan]], and two [[sailor]]s killed, including Seaman [[Norman Edsall]], and five bluejackets wounded. ''Philadelphia'' remained in the Samoan Islands until 21 May 1899, when she steamed for the west coast via Honolulu.<ref name=DANFS1/> ''Philadelphia'' served as flagship of the Pacific Station until 6 February 1900, when Rear Admiral Kautz transferred his flag to {{USS|Iowa|BB-4|3}}. The cruiser continued Pacific operations until 1902, conducting training cruises, drills, target practice, and port visits.<ref name=DANFS1/> Returning from a six-month cruise off the Panamanian coast, ''Philadelphia'' arrived San Francisco 17 July 1902. Needing extensive repairs, she was ordered to the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]] for decommissioning. Arriving [[Bremerton, Washington]] 23 August, she decommissioned at Puget Sound 22 September 1902.<ref name=DANFS1/> === Receiving ship, 1904β1926 === ''Philadelphia'' was housed over and became a [[receiving ship]] at Puget Sound Navy Yard 12 May 1904. She continued this service until 4 November 1912, when she became a [[prison ship]]. Resuming service as a receiving ship 10 January 1916, she was redesignated with the [[hull classification symbol|hull number]] '''IX-24''' (unclassified miscellaneous) on 17 July 1920.<ref name=Register1/> She was struck from the [[Navy List]] on 24 November 1926.<ref name=DANFS1/> Cruiser ''Philadelphia'' was sold at [[public auction]] at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1927 to [[Louis Rotherberg]].<ref name=DANFS1/>
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