Period pieces from that era fade over time, which makes a true match difficult. Here's a painting of BALTIMORE done in the early 1890's by Fredrick Muller, a famous marine artist who did many paintings of USN warships over a long career. His paintings can be found in museums and the Navy Department.

I have a painting of BROOKLYN circa 1895, by a different artist, which has a very similar color.

IMO the best acrylic match is PolyScale PRR BUFF, which is no longer produced, but can still be found on Ebay.

However, I also have some lithos by Frederick Cozzens, another well known and prolific marine painter of the time. One shows a similar color to
PRR BUFF, but another shows earlier vessels with more yellow colored funnels.