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USS Brooklyn was the third armoured cruiser ordered for the United States Navy, after the preceding USS New York and the controversially classified USS Maine.
Brooklyn was a radical departure from 'usual' USN design practices of the time: the hull had a pronounced tumblehome, a feature widely used in French and Russian ships; the main armament was arranged in a lozenge layout, with one turret fore and aft, and one on each beam (unlike the en echelon position, where the midships turrets had a degree of cross-deck firing capabilities, the lozenge arrangement precludes such a case); and armour was reduced for enhanced speed and armament.
The ship's high point in her career came relatively soon: she served throughout the Spanish-American war, participating in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba where she was slightly damaged, and became flagship of the Asian Squadron based in the Philippines in the aftermath of the conflict.
In 1907 Brooklyn was put in reserve, only to be taken back into commission in early 1914 as a receiving ship in Boston; proper service resumed the following year as the Great War raged in Europe. The cruiser was put on neutrality patrols until the end of the year, when she sailed again to the Far East to take her former place as flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. In 1919 she returned to the US and continued to serve until 1921, when she was finally decommissioned and sold for scrap at the end of the year.