Editing USS Newark (C-1) (section)

==Service history==

===North & South Atlantic, 1891–1897===
''Newark'' operated off the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast for ten months, taking part in maneuvers and exercises until detached on 8 December at [[Norfolk Navy Yard]].  There she remained, undergoing post-shakedown overhaul until being assigned on 11 March 1892 to the [[North Atlantic Squadron]] and sailing on 14 March for the [[West Indies]]. The cruiser operated in [[Caribbean]] waters and off the lower east coast, showing the flag in West Indies ports until returning to Norfolk on 5 June where she was made [[flagship]] of Rear Admiral [[Andrew E. K. Benham]], Commander of the newly formed [[South Atlantic Squadron]], on 25 June.<ref name=DANFS />

She departed on 17 July for [[Cádiz]], [[Spain]] to participate in the ceremonies commemorating the 400th Anniversary of [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]]' sailing.  Arriving on 30 July, she remained until 2 August then sailed for [[Genoa]], Columbus' birthplace, arriving one month later to continue the celebration.  Putting out from Genoa on 25 August, ''Newark'' cruised the [[Mediterranean]] and the [[Adriatic]], visiting many ports until arriving on 11 February 1893 at Cádiz to take in tow a full size reproduction of [[caravel]] ''[[Niña (ship)|Niña]]'' and sailing on 18 February for home. Transferred to the [[Naval Review]] Fleet for temporary duty on 1 March, the cruiser arrived at [[Havana]] on 21 March, parting with ''Niña'' there, thence sailing to [[Hampton Roads]] and [[New York (state)|New York]] where she picked up the caravel once more and proceeded down the [[St. Lawrence River]] to [[Quebec]], leaving the little ship there on 11 June and returning to Norfolk on 22 June.<ref name=DANFS />

''Newark'' next sailed on 20 September, this time for [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]], to protect American interests, arriving on 20 October and remaining until 1 April 1894.  The warship then operated off the [[South America]]n coast with the South Atlantic Squadron, making one cruise to [[South Africa]] from August to October 1894 and another the same time the following year, before returning to Norfolk on 27 April 1896. Assigned to the [[North Atlantic Station]] on 4 May, she joined her squadron at New York 25 June and engaged in patrol duty and exercises off the southeastern coast until decommissioning at Norfolk 6 March 1897.<ref name=DANFS />

===Spanish–American War, 1898===
[[File:NewYorkTribune-May29-1898.jpg|thumb|right|Marines manning the secondary battery, circa 1898.]]
Following extensive overhaul, ''Newark'' recommissioned on 23 May 1898, shortly after the declaration of [[Spanish–American War|war on Spain]], she sailed on 13 June for [[Key West]] and then Cuba, joining the [[blockade]] on 30 June.  Cruising in Cuban waters throughout the summer, the warship bombarded the port of [[Manzanillo, Cuba|Manzanillo]] on 12 August and on the following day accepted its surrender.  After the [[battle of Santiago de Cuba]], she participated in the final destruction of [[Pascual Cervera y Topete|Admiral Cervera]]'s fleet through bombardment of the burned hulks.  ''Newark'' returned to New York on 26 November 1898.<ref name=DANFS />

===Philippine–American War, 1899===
Departing New York on 23 March 1899, the cruiser steamed down the coast of South America on patrol, stopping at numerous ports along the way. In the middle of her cruise, on 7 April, she was ordered to proceed through the [[Straits of Magellan]] to [[San Francisco]]. The ship, low on coal, was forced to put into [[Port Low]], [[Chile]], from 31 May to 22 June to cut wood for fuel. Finally arriving [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] on 4 September, ''Newark'' underwent repairs and then sailed on 17 October via [[Honolulu]] for the [[Philippines]] arriving [[Cavite]] on 25 November to support the U.S. Army in the [[Philippine–American War]]. The warship took station off [[Vigan]], [[Luzon]], landed troops for garrison duty, then moved on to [[Aparri, Cagayan|Aparri]] on 10 December, receiving the surrender of insurrectionists in the provinces of [[Cagayan]], [[Isabela (province)|Isabela]], and [[Bataan]].<ref name=DANFS />

===Boxer Rebellion, 1900–1901===
[[File:U.S.S. Newark, 6-inch gun LOC 4a14470v.jpg|thumb|left|6-inch gun on USS ''Newark'']]
On 19 March 1900, she sailed for [[Hong Kong]] to rendezvous with the [[Monitor (warship)|monitor]]
{{USS|Monadnock|BM-3|6}} on 22 March and [[convoy]] that ship to Cavite, arriving on 3 April and staying there until sailing for [[Yokohama]] on 24 April, arriving three days later. The ship then hoisted the flag of Rear Admiral [[Louis Kempff]], Assistant-Commander of the [[Asiatic Station]] and sailed on 20 May for [[China]] to help land reinforcements to relieve the legations under siege by the [[Boxer Rebellion|Boxers]] at [[Beijing|Peking]].  Arriving [[Tianjin|Tientsin]] on 22 May, ''Newark'' operated in that port and out of [[Taku Forts|Taku]] and [[Yantai|Chefoo]], protecting American interests and aiding the relief expedition under Vice Admiral [[Edward Hobart Seymour]], R.N., until sailing at the end of July for [[Kure, Hiroshima|Kure]], Japan, and then Cavite where she hoisted the pennant of the Senior Squadron Commander in the Philippines.  She sailed for home in mid-April 1901, via Hong Kong, [[Ceylon]] and [[Suez]], arriving [[Boston]] late July 1901.  She decommissioned there on 29 July.<ref name=DANFS />

===North Atlantic Fleet, 1902–1906===
''Newark'' recommissioned on 3 November 1902, Commander [[Richard Wainwright (Spanish–American War naval officer)|Richard Wainwright]] in command and sailed on 14 December for duty in southern waters.  For the next two years she operated in the West Indies and off the coast of South America as part of the North Atlantic Fleet.  Returning to Norfolk briefly on 27 October 1904 to 9 January 1905, she resumed her duties in the West Indies for the first six months of the year and then in June, following exercises off Virginia, was assigned as a training ship to the [[United States Naval Academy]].  Placed in reserve at [[Annapolis]] on 15 September, she was restored to full duty on 3 May 1906 for her second east coast training cruise. On 4 August 1906 one of her launches was sunk in a collision with the tug ''T. A. Scott, Jr.'' at [[New London, Connecticut]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hb1k9k&view=1up&seq=321  |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1907  |publisher=Harvard University  |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> Following this duty, she put into Norfolk on 13 September where she embarked a Marine detachment and sailed for Cuba on the 17th.  The veteran cruiser returned home on 19 October and decommissioned at [[New York Navy Yard]] on 9 November.<ref name=DANFS />

===Cuba, 1908–1912===
Loaned to the [[New York Naval Militia]] on 23 March 1907, she recommissioned exactly one year later for duty as a station ship at the [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay]], Cuba.  Arriving on 2 April 1908, she served on this duty until returning to Norfolk on 5 December 1912 to be placed in reserve on the 31st. ''Newark'' decommissioned on 16 June 1913 and was stricken from the [[Navy List]] on 26 June.<ref name=DANFS />

===Hospital ship, 1913–1926===
The old cruiser continued to serve her country following her Navy service.  Turned over to the [[United States Public Health Service|Public Health Service]], she served as [[Lazaretto|quarantine hulk]] for the hospital in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], until 1918 when she returned to the Navy to serve throughout [[World War I]] as an annex to the [[Naval Health Clinic New England#Naval Hospital Newport|Naval Hospital]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]].  Later transferred to New York, she returned to the Public Health Service at Providence, in May 1919. On 7 July 1926 she was again returned to the [[United States Department of the Navy|Navy Department]] for disposal and was sold on 7 September.<ref name=DANFS />