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USS Boston (1884)
The fifth USS ''Boston'' was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s. In references she is combined with as the ''Atlanta'' class.
''Boston'' was laid down on 15 November 1883 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, launched on 4 December 1884, and commissioned on 2 May 1887 at the New York Navy Yard, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command.
==Design and construction==
''Boston'' was ordered as part of the "ABCD" ships, the others being the cruisers and and the dispatch vessel . All were ordered from the same shipyard, John Roach & Sons of Chester, Pennsylvania. However, when Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney initially refused to accept ''Dolphin'', claiming her design was defective, the Roach yard went bankrupt and ''Boston'' was completed at the New York Navy Yard, which had little experience with steel-hulled ships.〔 Like the other "ABCD" ships, ''Boston'' was built with a sail rig to increase cruising range, later removed. In 1900-01 ''Boston'' was rebuilt and the 6-inch guns were converted to rapid firing with brass case ammunition replacing powder bags. All armament was removed prior to her conversion to a freighter in 1917.〔
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