>From the “Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships,” 

(1969) Vol. 4, p.428.





MONTGOMERY



C-9

Displacement:  2,094 t.

Length:  269’6”

Beam:  37’

Draft:  14’7”

Speed:  17 k.

Complement:  274

Armament:  9 5”; 6 6-pdrs.; 2 1-pdrs.; 3 18” torpedo tubes

Class:  MONTGOMERY



	The fourth MONTGOMERY (C-9), named for Montgomery, 

Ala., was launched 5 December 1891 by Columbia Iron Works, 

Baltimore, Md.; sponsored by Miss Sophia Smith and 

commissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard 21 June 1894, Comdr. 

Charles W. Davis is command.



	Assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, the new 

cruiser operated along the eastern seaboard and in the 

Caribbean.  During the Spanish-American War, she cruised 

near Cuba and Haiti in April 1898 and in May joined the 

blockade of Havana.  She took two prizes, LORENZO and 

FRASQUITO, 5 May, and shelled the Spanish forts a week 

later.



	In April 1899, MONTGOMERY transferred to the South 

Atlantic Squadron and operated along the Atlantic coast of 

South America until returning to the United States and 

decommissioning at New York 15 September 1900.  

Recommissioned 15 May 1902, she was assigned to the 

Caribbean Division, North Atlantic Squadron, and operated in 

the West Indies until decommissioning at Philadelphia 15 

September 1904.



	MONTGOMERY recommissioned 2 January 1908 and operated 

in the 5th Naval District as a torpedo experimental ship.  

>From 1914 to 1918, she served with the Maryland Naval 

Militia.  Renamed ANNISTON 14 March 1918, she was assigned 

to Division 2, American Patrol Detachment, for patrol and 

escort duty along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean.  

Decommissioning at Charleston, S.C., 16 May 1918, ANNISTON 

was struck from the Navy list 25 August 1919 and sold 14 

November 1919.





Transcribed by Michael Hansen

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