Robert P. Giblon blueprint collection 1888-1889, undated

Union Iron Works Co.

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J.S. Van Winkle and Company (San Francisco)

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Historical or Biographical Note Collection of miscellaneous blueprints created by the donor includes a plan of the United States cruiser no. 5, San Francisco, which was built by Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.) in the late 1880s, and launched October 1889. The USS San Francisco was renamed Yosemite in 1931, and scrapped in 1939. San Francisco was a "protected cruiser," a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because...

San Francisco (Cruiser No. 5 : 1888)

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The first San Francisco, a steel protected cruiser, was laid down on 14 August 1888, at San Francisco, Calif., by the Union Iron Works; launched on 26 October 1889; sponsored by Miss Edith W. Benham, daughter of Commodore Andrew E. K. Benham, Commandant, Mare Island (Calif.) Navy Yard; and commissioned on 15 November 1890, Capt. William T. Sampson in command. Assigned to the South Pacific Squadron, San Francisco moved south and became the squadron's flagship on 31 March 1891. Five months late...

Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.).

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Historical or Biographical Note Collection of miscellaneous blueprints created by the donor includes a plan of the United States cruiser no. 5, San Francisco, which was built by Union Iron Works (San Francisco, Calif.) in the late 1880s, and launched October 1889. The USS San Francisco was renamed Yosemite in 1931, and scrapped in 1939. San Francisco was a "protected cruiser," a type of naval cruiser of the late 19th century, so known because...