From collection Jake Gillison Collection
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The USS BROOKLYN (Armored Cruiser), was built by William Cramp in 1895 and visited Bar Harbor in 1897 and 1899. USS BROOKLYN (ACR-3/CA-3) was the third United States Navy armored cruiser, the only one to be named at commissioning for a city rather than a state. Ordered for $3,450,420.29 (hull and machinery), she was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia; sponsored by Miss Ida May Schieren, daughter of Charles A. Schieren, Mayor of Brooklyn, New York; and commissioned on 1 December 1896, Captain Francis Augustus Cook in command. For more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Brooklyn_(ACR-3)
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