USS San Francisco (C-5)

	USS San Francisco (C-5) dressed overall.
History
United States
Name	San Francisco (1887–1930); Tahoe (1930–1931); Yosemite (1931–1937);
Namesake	San Francisco; Tahoe; Yosemite;
Ordered	3 March 1887
Awarded	26 October 1887
Builder	Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California
Cost	$1,428,000 (contract price for hull and machinery)
Laid down	14 August 1888
Launched	26 October 1889
Sponsored by	Miss Edith W. Benham
Commissioned	15 November 1890
Decommissioned	25 October 1898
Recommissioned	2 January 1902
Decommissioned	31 December 1904
Refit	Mine planter, June 1908
Recommissioned	29 November 1911
Decommissioned	6 June 1916
Reclassified	mine planter 19 December 1912
Recommissioned	16 October 1916
Decommissioned	24 December 1921
Renamed	Tahoe, after 1921; Yosemite, 1 January 1931;
Reclassified	Cruiser Minelayer (CM-2), 17 July 1920
Stricken	8 June 1937
Identification	Hull symbol: C-5; Hull symbol: CM-2;
Fate	Sold for scrapping 20 April 1939
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	4,088 long tons (4,154 t) (standard); 4,583 long tons (4,657 t) (full load);
Length	324 ft 6 in (98.91 m) oa; 310 ft (94 m) pp;
Beam	49 ft 2 in (14.99 m)
Draft	18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) (mean draft); 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) (max draft);
Installed power	4 × steam boilers; 2 × horizontal triple expansion reciprocating steam engines; 10,500 ihp (7,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Sail plan	Schooner (as built)
Speed	19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	3,432 nmi (6,356 km; 3,949 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	34 officers and 350 enlisted men
Armament	12 × 6 inch (152 mm)/30 caliber Mark 3 breech-loading rifles; 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) 6-pounder guns; 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) 3-pounder guns; 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 1-pounder rapid firing guns; 4 × Gatling guns;
Armor	Gun shields: 2 in (51 mm); Water-Tight Deck: 3 in (76 mm) (slope); 2 in (51 mm) (flat); Conning Tower: 3 in (76 mm);
General characteristics (1914)
Type	Mine planter
Installed power	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 9,761 shp (7,279 kW) (ihp on trials);
Complement	32 officers 271 enlisted men
Armament	8 × 5 inch (127 mm)/40 caliber guns; 4 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns; 300 Mark II naval mines;
General characteristics (1921)
Type	Minelayer
Complement	52 officers 351 enlisted men
Armament	4 × 5 inch (127 mm)/51 caliber guns; 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) 6-pounder rapid firing guns; 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns anti-aircraft; 2 × machine guns; 300 Mark II naval mines;

The first USS San Francisco (C-5) (later CM-2) was a steel protected cruiser in the United States Navy. She was later named Tahoe and then Yosemite, becoming the third US Navy ship to bear the name Yosemite. She generally resembled her predecessor Newark, with a main armament of twelve 6-inch guns.

San Francisco was launched on 26 October 1889, at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss Edith W. Benham; and commissioned on 15 November 1890, Captain William T. Sampson in command.

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