'The Protected Cruiser "Columbia".', c1897. From the late 1850s, wooden ships were replaced with armoured warships. USS Columbia, a protected cruiser with an armoured deck, launched on 26 July 1892 in service to the US Navy during the Spanish-American War and WWI. From "A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co., London, c1897]
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