USS Brooklyn (CA-3)
 The second USS Brooklyn (CA-3) (originally ACR-3) was a United States Navy armored cruiser the only to be named at commissioning for a city rather than a state.She was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia Pennsylvania; sponsored by Miss Ida May Schieren; and commissioned on 1 December 1896 Captain Francis Augustus Cook in command.