USS Philadelphia (C-4)

	Protected steel cruiser USS Philadelphia
History
United States
Name	Philadelphia
Namesake	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	257
Laid down	22 March 1888
Launched	7 September 1889
Sponsored by	Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker
Commissioned	28 July 1890
Decommissioned	22 September 1902
Notes	housed over as receiving ship 1904
Reclassified	Receiving ship, 12 May 1904
Reclassified	Prison ship, 4 November 1912
Reclassified	Receiving Ship, 19 January 1916
Reclassified	IX-24, 17 July 1920
Stricken	24 November 1926
Identification	Hull symbol: C-4; Hull symbol: IX-24;
Fate	Sold, 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	4,324 long tons (4,393 t) (standard); 5,304 long tons (5,389 t) (full load);
Length	335 ft (102 m) oa; 327 ft 6 in (99.82 m)pp;
Beam	48 ft 6 in (14.78 m)
Draft	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) (mean draft); 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) (max draft);
Installed power	9 × steam boilers; 2 × Horizontal triple-expansion steam engines; 10,500 ihp (7,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph); 19.91 kn (22.91 mph; 36.87 km/h) (speed on trial);
Range	6,354 nmi (11,768 km; 7,312 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	384 officers and enlisted
Armament	12 × 6-inch (152 mm)/30 caliber breech-loading rifles; 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns; 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) guns; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) guns; 2 × .45 caliber (11.4 mm) Gatling guns;
Armor	Gun shields: 3 in (76 mm); Main deck: 4 in (100 mm); Conning Tower: 3 in (76 mm);
General characteristics (1914)
Installed power	9 × boilers; 8,688 ihp (6,479 kW) (ihp on trials);
Complement	187 enlisted men
Armament	all armaments removed
Notes	ship listed as "Unservicable for War Purposes"

The fourth USS Philadelphia (C-4) (later IX-24) was the sixth protected cruiser of the United States Navy. Although designed by the Navy Department, her hull was similar to the preceding British-designed Baltimore, but Philadelphia had a uniform main armament of twelve 6-inch guns.

She was laid down 22 March 1888 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, launched 7 September 1889, sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker; and commissioned 28 July 1890, Capt. Albert S. Barker in command.

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