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Connecticut Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
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Length: |
456' 3" |
Engines: |
2 four cylinder vertically inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
76' 10" |
Boilers: |
12 Babcock & Wilcox (coal fired) |
Draft: |
24' 6" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
16,000 std. / 17,650 full (a) |
HP: |
16,500 (b) |
Speed: |
18 knots |
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Crew: |
963 |
Range: |
5,000 NM @ 10 knots |
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Construction notes: |
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(a): |
Connecticut and Louisiana full load displacement 17,666 tons. |
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(b): |
Connecticut and Louisiana 20,525 hp. |
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Armament as designed
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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4 |
12"/45 (305mm) Mk 5 |
2 twin turrets |
20,000 yards @ 15° (11.3 miles) 870 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 2-3 RPM |
8 |
8"/45 (203mm) Mk 6 |
4 twin turrets |
22,500 yards @ 20.1° (12.7 miles) 260 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 1-2 RPM |
12 |
7"/45 (178mm) Mk 2 |
single mounts (casemates) |
16,500 yards @ 15° (9.3 miles) 165 lb. AP shell Rate of fire 4 RPM |
20 |
3"/50 (76mm) |
single mounts |
14,600 yards @ 43° (8.2 miles) AA ceiling 30,400' 13 lb. HE shell Rate of fire 15-20 RPM |
4 |
21" torpedo tubes |
submerged |
4,000 yards @ 27 knots (2.2 miles) 200 lb. wet gun-cotton warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York |
Sept. 29, 1904 |
Sept. 29, 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 1, 1923 to Walter W. Johnson, San Francisco, California and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News, Virginia |
Aug. 27, 1904 |
June 2, 1906 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 1, 1923 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Fore River Shipbuilding Co. Quincy, Massachusetts |
Aug. 31, 1905 |
Mar. 4, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 30, 1923 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey |
Aug. 12, 1905 |
Apr. 18, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Sold Jan. 23, 1924 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News, Virginia |
Apr. 8, 1905 |
Mar. 9, 1907 |
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Fate |
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Demilitarized at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, sold Jan. 23, 1924 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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New York Shipbuilding Corp. Camden, New Jersey |
June 30, 1906 |
Mar. 19, 1908 |
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Fate |
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Sold Nov. 1, 1923 and scrapped.
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Class Notes: |
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1910: |
All ships fitted with cage masts. |
Page revised Sept. 15, 2007 |