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On 25 May 1916, Tennessee was renamed Memphis, honoring the city of Memphis, Tennessee, so that the name "Tennessee" could be reassigned to the new battleship Tennessee (BB-43). [ 2 ] In July 1916, under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, Sr. , the ship got underway for the Caribbean arriving at Santo Domingo on 23 July for peace-keeping ...
USS Memphis (CA-10), known for most of her career as Tennessee (ACR-10), was destroyed by heavy waves three months after she was renamed in 1916; USS Memphis (CL-13), was an Omaha-class light cruiser, saw action in World War II
USS Memphis (CL-13) was an Omaha-class light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy. She was the fourth Navy ship named for the city of Memphis, Tennessee . Built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
George William Rud (October 7, 1883 – August 29, 1916) was a United States Navy Chief Machinist's Mate received the Medal of Honor during the destruction of the USS Memphis (CA-10) formerly USS Tennessee (ACR-10) during a tsunami.
Design work on the Tennessee class, initially referred to as "Battleship 1916", began on 14 January 1915; the design staff used the preceding New Mexico class as a starting point. The General Board wanted to build a battleship that departed from the standard-type battleship series, particularly in terms of armor protection against the latest 15 ...
On 29 August 1916, while at anchor off Santo Domingo, USS Memphis was driven ashore by a wind-generated ocean wave (possibly a rogue wave). She lost more than three-dozen crewmen and was battered beyond reasonable prospect of repair. Left where she lay, the wreck was sold in 1922 but not broken up until 1938. [57]
The wreck of USS Memphis. Memphis was at anchor .5 nmi (0.58 mi; 0.93 km) off a rocky beach in 45 ft (14 m) of water in the harbor of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on the afternoon of 29 August 1916 with two of her 16 boilers operating in case she needed to get underway; the gunboat USS Castine also was
USS Memphis wrecked at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where it was thrown ashore by rogue waves on the afternoon of August 29, 1916. Dominican migrants in Cuba began a successful campaign to denounce the U.S. occupation while Latin American governments also protested. [20]