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| | Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Logbook #170, August 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Then, adding the class particulars, According to Conway's Fighting Ships and Alden's book on the Steel Navy there were six vessels of this class authorized in 1899, entering service in 1903-5. |
 | | USS Denver (CL14), USS Des Moines (CL15), USS Chattanooga (CL16), USS Galveston (CL17), USS Tacoma (CL18), and USS Cleveland (CL19). |
 | | These were protected cruisers, having a 2" thick protective deck (at slopes, 1/2" at flats), also commonly referred to as "Peace Cruisers". |
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