USS Montana, also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 13", later renamed Missoula and reclassified CA-13, was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy. She was built by the Newport
USS Montana (ACR-13), starboard view underway, 1919.
Montana underway on 10 May 1914
The United States Fleet Forces Command is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces. The naval resources may be allocated to com
USS Montana (ACR-13)
…battery of four 10-inch (254 mm) guns, and they were capable of a top speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). Montana spent her active duty career in the Atlantic Fleet. She made two cruises to the Mediterranean Sea to protect American citizens in the Ottoman Empire, the first in 1909 in the aftermath of the Young Turk…
Atlantic Squadron parade Seattle, 1908
President Theodore Roosevelt addresses crewmen on Connecticut, upon her return from the Fleet's cruise around the world, 22 February 1909.