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For other ships of the same name, see USS Tennessee. Four ships of the United States Navy (and two ships of the Confederate States Navy) have been named USS Tennessee in honor of the 16th state.
Wreck of USS Memphis (CA-10), August 29, 1916
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Laid down:20 June 1903
Launched:3 December 1904
Commissioned:17 July 1906
Fate:wrecked 1916
General characteristics
Displacement:13,712 tons
Length:504. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting 4 ft
Beam:72. 8 ft
Draft:25 ft
Speed:22. 16 knots (25. 5 mph/41. 0 km/h)
Complement:887 officers and men
Armament:4 × 10-inch (254 mm) guns, 16 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns, 22 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns, 2 × 21 inch torpedo tubes

The second USS Tennessee (ACR-10), also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below 10", and later renamed Memphis and renumbered CA-10, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class. The armored cruiser, or armoured cruiser (see spelling differences) is a type of Cruiser, a naval warship. The lead ship or class leader is the first of a series or class of Ships all constructed according to the same general design Ships, renamed USS Memphis (CA-10, renamed USS Seattle (CA-11 The ship was laid down by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 20 June 1903, launched on 3 December 1904, sponsored by Miss Annie K. William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia was founded in 1825 by William Cramp and was the preeminent U Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Frazier (daughter of Governor James B. Frazier of Tennessee and later the foundress of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy), and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1906, Captain Albert O. James Beriah Frazier ( October 18, 1856 &ndash March 28, 1937) was Governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905 and subsequently a United Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, formerly Navy Yard, was the first Naval shipyard of the United States. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Berry in command.

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Service history

Pre-war

The new armored cruiser departed Hampton Roads on 8 November 1906 as escort for Louisiana (Battleship No. 19) in which President Theodore Roosevelt had embarked for a cruise to Panama to check on the progress of work constructing the Panama Canal. Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the After a brief visit to Puerto Rico on the return voyage, the warships arrived back at Hampton Roads on 26 November. Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Tennessee was present for the Jamestown Exposition held in 1907 to commemorate the tricentennial of the founding of the first English settlement in America. The Jamestown Exposition was one of the many World's fairs and Expositions that were popular in the United States early part of the 20th century

On 14 June, Tennessee sailed for Europe and reached Royan, France, on the 23rd for duty with the Special Service Squadron. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Royan ( Roeyan in the Saintongese language) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime département, in south- western This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Special Service Squadron was a component of the United States Navy during the 1920s and 1930s She returned home in August but departed Hampton Roads on 12 October for the Pacific. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions

Tennessee then patrolled off the California coast until 24 August 1908 when she sailed for Samoa, arriving at Pago Pago on 23 September to resume service with the Pacific Fleet. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean Pago Pago (ˈpɑŋo ˈpɑŋo by native Samoan-speakers and sometimes ˈpɑŋgoʊ ˈpɑŋgoʊ by others is the Capital Town of American Samoa. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English The United States Pacific Fleet ( USPACFLT) is a Pacific Ocean Navy theater-level component command of the United States Navy, under the operational control On 15 May 1910, she arrived at Bahia Blanca to represent the United States at the centenary celebration of the independence of Argentina. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Bahía Blanca is a City located in the south-west of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, head town of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. On 8 November, the armored cruiser departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and proceeded to Charleston, South Carolina, to embark President William Howard Taft for a round trip voyage to Panama to inspect further progress on the canal. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Portsmouth is a City in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina. William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 – March 8 1930 was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice She returned to Hampton Roads on 22 November and then engaged in battle practice off the Virginia coast into February 1911. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Following a Mardi Gras visit to New Orleans and a visit to New York early in March, the ship steamed to Cuban waters for two months of operations out of Guantanamo Bay. See also Mardi Gras Mardi Gras in New Orleans Louisiana is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la

Placed in reserve at the Portsmouth Navy Yard on 15 June 1911, she remained on the east coast for a year and one-half before departing Philadelphia on 12 November 1912 for the Mediterranean. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy Shipyard located in Kittery on the southern Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Arriving off Smyrna (now İzmir), Turkey, on 1 December, she remained there protecting American citizens and property during the First Balkan War until 3 May 1913 when she headed home. İzmir, historically Smyrna, is the third most populous city of Turkey and the country's largest port after İstanbul. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 pitted the Balkan League ( Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After reaching Hampton Roads on the 23rd, Tennessee operated on the East Coast until entering the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia on 23 October. The United States Navy maintains a number of its Ships as part of a Reserve fleet, often called the "Mothball Fleet". Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - On 2 May 1914, she became receiving ship at the New York Navy Yard. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A receiving ship is a Ship that is used in harbor to house newly recruited Sailors before they are assigned to a crew The United States Navy Yard New York - better known as the Brooklyn Navy Yard or the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY - is an American shipyard located

On 6 August, Tennessee sailed from New York for duty in Europe through the first half of 1915 supporting the American Relief Expedition. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. In August, she transported the 1st Regiment, Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Marine Artillery Battalion to Haiti. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: From 28 January to 24 February 1916, the cruiser served as flagship of a cruiser squadron off Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well PortAuPrinceTapTapjpg|right|thumb|270px|A taptap (shared taxi in central Port-au-Prince In March, she embarked a group of dignitaries at Hampton Roads for a two-month, round trip cruise to Montevideo, Uruguay. Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America

On 25 May, Tennessee was renamed Memphis, honoring a city of Tennessee, so that the name "Tennessee" could be reassigned to a new warship, Battleship No. 43. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. 1920–1941 Tennessee and her sister ship ''California'' (BB-44 were the first American battleships built to a "post- Jutland " hull

Loss

In July, under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, Sr., the ship got underway for the Caribbean arriving at Santo Domingo on 23 July for peace-keeping patrol off the rebellion-torn Dominican Republic. Edward Latimer Beach Sr, ( June 30, 1867 - December 20 1943) was a career American naval officer and later author The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Santo Domingo de Guzmán (known as Santo Domingo population 2084852 (Metro (2003 estimated 2253437 (Metro in 2006 is the Capital and largest city in the Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with On the afternoon of 29 August, while at anchor in the harbor of Santo Domingo, Memphis was driven ashore by an unexpected tsunami and totally wrecked. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) A tsunami ((tsuːˈnɑːmi is a series of waves created when The casualties, including a boatload of Memphis sailors returning from shore leave, numbered some 40 men dead or missing and 204 badly injured. Shore leave is the Leave that professional Sailors get to spend on dry land Due to this incident, Chief Machinist's Mate George William Rud, Lieutenant Claud Ashton Jones and Machinist Charles H. Willey were awarded the U. George William Rud ( 7 October 1883 &ndash 29 August 1916) was a United States Navy Chief Machinist's Mate awarded the Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services Rear Admiral Claud Ashton Jones (October 7 1885&ndashAugust 8 1948 was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a Medal of Honor recipient A machinist is a person who uses Machine tools to make or modify parts primarily Metal parts a process known as Machining. Charles Henry Willey ( 31 March 1889 – 11 September 1977) was a United States Navy Machinist awarded the Medal of S. Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government.

Memphis was struck from the Navy List on 17 December 1917 and sold to A. A Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers their ranks and seniority the ships which they command or to which they are appointed etc Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year H. Radetsky Iron and Metal Company, Denver, Colorado, on 17 January 1922 for scrapping. The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

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