New Orleans

 The New Orleans Class Protected Cruiser was laid down in 1895 for the Brazilian Navy, But purchased by the United States Navy in 1898.

The New Orleans Class Protected Cruiser served between the years of 1898 to 1922

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New Orleans entered service during the Spanish-American War, and joined the Flying 'Squadron' off the coast of Cuba assisting in bombardment and blockade enforcement. New Orleans Was decommissioned and recommissioned a few times after 1905, then escorted convoys during World War I from New York across the Atlantic.