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Illinois Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
374' |
Engines: |
2 Three cylinder vertical inverted triple expansion |
Beam: |
72' 3" |
Boilers: |
8 Single ended cylindrical (coal fired) (a) |
Draft: |
23' 6" / 25' max. |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
11,552 std. / 12,150 full |
SHP: |
10,000 (forced 11,207) |
Speed: |
16 knots |
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Crew: |
536 817 wartime |
Range: |
N/A |
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Construction notes: |
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(a): |
Illinois fitted with Mosher boilers. |
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Armament as built (general for class) |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range |
4 |
13"/35 (330mm) |
2 twin turrets |
12,000 yards @ 15° (6.8 miles) 1,130 lb. shell |
14
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6"/40 (152mm) Mk VI |
Single mounts |
18,000 yards @ 30.2° (10.2 miles) 105 lb. shell |
16 |
2.244" (57mm) |
Single mounts |
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.9 miles) AA ceiling 10,000' 6.03 lb. HE or AP shell |
6 |
1.46" (37mm) |
Single mounts |
3,500 yards @ 11.4° 1.058 lb. HE shell |
4 |
18" (450mm) torpedo tubes |
single mounts surface |
1,500 yards @ 28.5 knots 132 lb. wet gun-cotton warhead |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia |
October 4, 1898 |
September 16, 1901 |
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Fate |
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Sold May 18, 1956 to Bethlehem Steel Co. and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Newport News, Virginia |
May 18, 1898 |
October 16, 1900 |
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Fate |
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Sept. 15, 1921: Transferred to the War Dept.
Sept. 27, 1921: Sunk as target of aerial bombing by US Army Air Corps in Chesapeake Bay. March 19, 1924: Hulk sold to Union Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, Maryland, raised and scrapped. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Union Iron Works San Francisco, California |
Nov. 26, 1898 |
Feb. 4, 1901 |
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Fate |
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Sold Jan. 26, 1922 and scrapped.
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Page revised May 12, 2007 |