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US Navy, Crusier Charleston

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Stock #:247188
Type: Postcard
Era: Undivided Back
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Postmark: 1908 May-8
PM City: Oakland
PM State: CA
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Protected Cruiser. Built at Newport News, VA. It is 424 feet long and 66 feet wide, with a displacement of 9,700 tons. Speed, 22 knots per hour. Horse-power, 21,000. Cost, about $2,740,000. Carries fourteen 6-inch rapid-fires in addition to a powerful secondary battery. Complement, 26 officers and 6347 men

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