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The first USS ''Montana'' (ACR-13/CA-13), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 13", later renamed ''Missoula'' and reclassified CA-13, was a armored cruiser of the United States Navy, a sister ship of . She was laid down by the Newport News Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia on 29 April 1905, launched on 15 December 1906, sponsored by Miss Minnie Conrad, and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 21 July 1908, Captain Alfred Reynolds in command. ==Pre-World War I== Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, ''Montana'' departed Norfolk on 5 August to cruise off the east coast until 25 January 1909, when she sailed from Charleston, South Carolina, for the Caribbean, arriving off Colón, Panama on the 29th. While operating with the Special Service Squadron, ''Montana'' departed Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba on 2 April for the Mediterranean to protect American interests during the aftermath of the Turkish Revolution of 1908. Leaving Gibraltar on 23 July, she arrived Boston on 3 August, and resumed east coast operations.〔 On 8 April 1910, the armored cruiser sailed from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to take part in the Argentine Centennial Celebration, calling at Uruguay, Argentina, and finally Brazil before heading for home on 30 June, reaching Hampton Roads on 22 July. Following local operations on the east coast that fall, ''Montana'' left Charleston on 10 November as escort for , then carrying President William H. Taft and his party on a week-long visit to Panama.〔 ''Montana'' shifted to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet on 26 July 1911, for a major overhaul at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, until 11 November 1912. In December she sailed on a second voyage to the Near East, stopping at Beirut, Syria (Lebanon), and Alexandretta (Iskenderun) and Mersin in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Returning to the United States In June 1913, ''Montana'' operated off the east coast and made training cruises to Mexico, Cuba, and Haiti until the United States entered World War I.〔 On 28 April 1914 she took part in the United States occupation of Veracruz.〔(Logbook of the HMS ''Essex'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Montana (ACR-13)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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