USS Charleston 1906
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USS Charleston (C-22), port view, undated.
History
United States
Name: Charleston
Namesake: City of Charleston, South Carolina
Ordered: 7 June 1900
Awarded: 30 March 1901
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia
Cost: $2,740,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down: 30 January 1902
Launched: 23 January 1904
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