Ordered: 1900. Laid Down: 1902. Launched: 1905. Commissioned 1906. Reclassified as CA-18 in 1920. Decommissioned 1922. Struck 1930.
Lead ship of her class of three (St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Charleston) Intended to be a "Semi-armored cruiser" in the spirit of an enlarged USS Olympia. Original armaments: 14 x 6"/50 guns 18 x 3 inch guns 12 x 3 pounders 4 x 1 pounders 8 x 1 pounder Rapid Fire guns 10 x .30 caliber
Armor:
4" belt 2-3" deck 2-4" gun protection 3-5" Conning Tower
USS Milwaukee (C-21) was wrecked following being stranded in 1917 of the coast of California during salvage operations of submarine H-3.
USS Charleston (C-22/CA-19)Decommissioned in 1923 and sold in 1930
These ships were used as submarine tenders around 1916.
I wonder, if WG ever ends up nerfing the St. Louis, how would they do so?
Her turn rate is already pathetic and she struggles to dodge higher tier torps, a bit more would render her completely useless at bottom tier, as would nerfing her gun pen a bit.