Front:
U.S. NAVY. Cruiser "Chicago".
Printed in Germany.
Back:
Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No 2323, "U.S. Navy-Cruisers."
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN,
H.
CRUISER "CHICAGO". (Protected cruiser). Built
at Chester, Pa. 325 feet long and 48 feet broad, and displaces
considerably more than 5,000 tons. Speed, 18 knots per hour.
Horse-power, 9,000. Cost, about $ 889,000. Her 32 officers
and 445 men handle batteries that include four 8-inch, fourteen
5-inch guns and a goodly array of smaller rapid-firers.
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