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USS Saint Louis, a 9700-ton cruiser built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in August 1906. After a brief period in the Atlantic, she was assigned to the Pacific Fleet, arriving there in mid-1907. For the next decade, Saint Louis served as a training, receiving and submarine support ship, as well as in traditional cruiser roles along the U.S. west Coast, at Pearl Harbor and elsewhere in the eastern Pacific.
In 1917, with the U.S. entry into World War I, Saint Louis was transferred to the Atlantic, where she served as a transport and escorted convoys. Following the Armistice, she brought home thousands of U.S. troops from Europe. Redesignated CA-18 in July 1920, she was sent to the Mediterranean during a period of great turmoil in Turkey. Returning to the United States late in 1921, Saint Louis decommissioned in March 1922. After eight years in reserve, she was sold for scrapping in August 1930.
This page features overall views of USS Saint Louis.
For views taken aboard this cruiser, see USS Saint Louis (C-20) Onboard and Closeup Views.
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 44192 USS Saint Louis (C-20) Photographed circa 1906-07, soon after completion. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 575 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 81435 USS Saint Louis (C-20) Photographed circa 1907. Collection of Rear Admiral B.F. Hutchison; Courtesy of Mrs. Worth Sprunt, 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 420 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 63587 USS Saint Louis (C-20) Off San Francisco, California, circa 1909-1916. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 565 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 78279 USS Raleigh (C-8) USS Oregon (BB-3) and USS Saint Louis (C-20) Moored together at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, circa 1913. Saint Louis is being repainted. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 475 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 50115 USS Saint Louis (C-20) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, 14 September 1917. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 585 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 2800 USS Saint Louis (C-20) Photographed in September 1918, in wartime camouflage paint. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 58 KB; 740 x 460 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 90775 USS Saint Louis (C-20) Halftoned photograph, showing the ship in her World War I camouflage. Note numerous wartime modifications to her 6-inch gun battery, rig and superstructure. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 470 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 42525 Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania Older warships in the Reserve Basin, 18 November 1919, as seen by a Philadelphia Evening Ledger photographer. Ships are (front row, left to right): USS Missouri (BB-11); one Connecticut class battleship; USS Michigan (BB-27); and USS Saint Louis (C-20). Those in the back row are (left to right): USS Maine (BB-10); USS Kentucky (BB-6); USS Kearsarge (BB-5); USS Indiana (BB-1); USS Massachusetts (BB-2); USS Iowa (BB-4); USS Wisconsin (BB-9); and USS Illinois (BB-7). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 585 pixels |
For views taken on board this cruiser, see USS Saint Louis (C-20) Onboard and Closeup Views.
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