User:Hungrydog55/sandbox/military/pacificfront/1941-00 List of battleships of the USN
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Ships in current service | |
Ships grouped alphabetically | |
Ships grouped by type | |
Key[edit]
Main guns | The number and type of the main battery guns |
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Armor | Waterline belt thickness |
Displacement | Ship displacement at full load |
Propulsion | Number of shafts, type of propulsion system, and top speed generated |
Service | The dates work began and finished on the ship and its ultimate fate |
Laid down | The date the keel began to be assembled |
Launched | The date the ship was launched |
Commissioned | The date the ship was commissioned |
Second-class battleship[edit]
USS Texas (1892)[edit]
The acquisition of modern, European-built warships by Argentina, Brazil, and Chile had alarmed the United States. The straw that broke the camel's back was Brazil's commissioning of the battleship Riachuelo, which suddenly made the Brazilian Navy the strongest in the Americas. Congressman Hilary A. Herbert, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, said of the situation, "if all this old navy of ours were drawn up in battle array in mid-ocean and confronted by the Riachuelo it is doubtful whether a single vessel bearing the American flag would get into port." Facing the possibility of enemy ironclads operating in American coastal waters, the Naval Consulting Board began planning a pair of ironclads of their own, which would be able to use all major American naval bases and have a minimum speed of 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph). The first of these two was USS Texas, 308 feet 10 inches (94.13 m) long, sporting an armor belt 12 inches (305 mm) thick, displacing 6,316 long tons (6,417 t), sailing at a top speed of 17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph), and armed with two 35-caliber 12 in (305 mm) primary and six 30-caliber 6 in (152 mm) secondary guns.[1]
Texas was authorized by Congress on 3 Aug 1886, but construction lagged until she was laid down on 1 Jun 1889. She was launched in the presence of the granddaughter of Sam Houston on 28 Jun 1892, and commissioned on 15 Aug 1895.[2] Texas's early service revealed a number of structural issues, which was addressed via some reinforcement of various parts of the ship,[3] and she ran aground near Newport, Rhode Island, in Sep 1896.[4]This in turn revealed even more faults with Texas, as massive flooding easily disabled her in the shallow waters where she ran aground.[5] After repairs, she joined the North Atlantic Squadron, briefly leaving for a Gulf Coast visit to Galveston and New Orleans that saw her beached on a mud bank off Galveston, an event whose aftermath gave Texas her nickname, "Old Hoodoo."[6][7] After repairs, she returned to the North Atlantic Squadron and her patrols of the Eastern Seaboard. In the Spring of 1898, Texas's near-sister ship USS Maine (ACR-1) (the other of the two original coastal defense ships) was destroyed by an explosion in Havana's harbor, and the United States went to war with the Spanish Empire. An American fleet including Texas was at Key West, and was part of the Flying Squadron in its engagements with Spanish fortifications on the Cuban coast. She saw real surface fleet combat on 3 Jul at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba alongside USS Iowa, USS Gloucester, and USS Indiana against the fleet of Pascual Cervera y Topete as it tried to escape the American fleet and emerged with only light damage.[2][8] After the war, Texas was decommissioned and refitted on two occasions before finally be declared obsolete in 1911 and permanently decommissioned and converted into a target ship in the same year.[9][10] On 15 Feb 1911, Texas was christened as San Marcos to free the name up for the dreadnought USS Texas (BB-35),[2] and was then sunk in the waters of Tangier Sound by USS New Hampshire's guns. The remains of the San Marcos continued to be used for gunnery practice after her sinking until Jan 1959,[11] when vast quantities of explosives were used to bury her remains.[12]
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | |||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Texas[7] | 2 x 12 in (305 mm)[13] | 12 in (305 mm)[14] | 6,316 long tons (6,417 t)[12] | 2 x steam engines 2 x screws 17.8 kn (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph)[12] |
1 Jun 1889[2] | 28 Jun 1892[2] | 15 Aug 1895[2] | Sunk as target ship, 21-22 Mar 1912[2] |
Pre-dreadnought battleships[edit]
Indiana class[edit]
- Displacement: 10,288 long tons (10,453 t)
- Length (oa): 350 ft 11 in (106.96 m)
- Length (wl): 358 ft (109 m)
- Armor: 4 thru 18-inch (102–457 mm) belt / 15-inch (381 mm) main turrets / 5 thru 8-inch (127–203 mm) secondary turrets
- Main battery: 4 (2×2) × 13‑inch (330 mm) / 35 caliber
- Secondary battery: 8 (4×2) × 8‑inch (203 mm), 4 × 6‑inch (152 mm), 20 × 6 pdr. (2.2-inch), 6 × 1‑pdr. (1.5‑inch)
- Torpedo tubes: 6 × 18‑inch (450 mm)
- Complement: 32 officers / 441 enlisted
- Speed: 15.6–16.8 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 7 May 1891[15] | 28 Feb 1893[16] | 20 Nov 1895[17] | 24 Dec 1903 | Sunk as a target, 1 Nov 1920 Sold for scrap, 19 Mar 1924[15] |
9 Jan 1906 | 23 May 1914 | ||||
24 May 1917 | 31 Jan 1919 | ||||
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 25 Jun 1891[18] | 10 Jun 1893[19] | 10 Jun 1896[20] | 8 Jan 1906 | Scuttled, 6 Jan 1921[20] |
2 May 1910 | 23 May 1914 | ||||
9 Jun 1917 | 31 Mar 1919 | ||||
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 19 Nov 1891[18] | 26 Oct 1893[21] | 15 Jul 1896 | 27 Apr 1906 | Sold for scrap, 15 Mar 1956[22] |
29 Aug 1911[22] | 12 Jun 1919 |
USS Iowa[edit]
- Displacement: 12,647 long tons (12,850 t)
- Length (oa): 362 ft 6 in (110.49 m)
- Length (wl): 360 ft (110 m)
- Armor: 4 thru 14‑inch (102–356 mm) belt / 15 thru 17‑inch (381-432 mm) main turrets
- Main battery: 4 × 12‑inch (305 mm) / 35 caliber
- Secondary battery: 8 × 8‑inch (203 mm), 6 × 4‑inch (102‑mm), 20 × 6‑pdr (2.7‑kg), 4 × 1‑pdr (454 g)
- Torpedo tubes: 2 × 14‑in (356 mm)
- Complement: 36 officers / 540 enlisted
- Speed: 16 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 5 Aug 1893[23] | 28 Mar 1896[23] | 16 Jun 1897[24] | 30 Jun 1908 | Sunk as gunnery target, 23 Mar 1923[23] |
2 May 1910 | 23 May 1914 | ||||
23 Apr 1917 | 31 Mar 1919 |
Kearsarge class[edit]
- Displacement: 12,850 long tons (13,060 t)
- Length: 375 ft 4 in (114.40 m)
- Armor: 4–16.5 in (102–419 mm) belt / 15–17 in (381–432 mm) main turrets
- Main battery: 4 (2×2) × 13‑in (330 mm) / 35 caliber
- Secondary battery: 4 × 8‑in (203 mm), 14 × 5‑in (127 mm), 20 (20×1) × 6‑pdr (2.7‑kg), 8 (6×1) × 1‑pdr (454 g)
- Torpedo tubes: 4 × 18‑in (457 mm)
- Complement: 38 officers / 548-549 enlisted
- Speed: 16 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 30 Jun 1896[25] | 24 Mar 1898[26] | 20 Feb 1900[27] | 4 Sep 1909 | Sold for scrap, 9 Aug 1955[28] |
23 Jun 1915 | 10 May 1920 | ||||
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 30 Jun 1896[25] | 24 Mar 1898[26] | 15 May 1900[29] | 29 May 1920 | Sold for scrap, 24 Mar 1923[30] |
Illinois class[edit]
- Displacement: 12,250 long tons (12,450 t)
- Length (oa): 375 ft 4 in (114.40 m)
- Armor: 4 thru 16.5‑inch (102-419 mm) belt / 14‑inch (356 mm) main turrets
- Main battery: 4 (2×2) × 13‑inch (330 mm) / 35 caliber
- Secondary battery: 14 (14×1) × 6‑in (152‑mm), 16 (16×1) × 6‑pdr (2.7‑kg), 6 × 1 pdr (454 g) (6x1)
- Torpedo tubes: 4 × 18‑in (457‑mm)
- Complement: 536
- Speed: 16 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Illinois (BB-7) | 10 Feb 1897 | 4 Oct 1898 | 16 Sep 1901 | 15 May 1920 | Transferred to New York Naval Militia 1921, renamed Prairie State 1941, scrapped 1956 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 2 Dec 1896 | 18 May 1898 | 16 Oct 1900 | 7 May 1920 | Sunk as target 1921 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 9 Feb 1897 | 26 Nov 1898 | 4 Feb 1901 | 15 May 1920 | Scrapped 1922 |
Maine class[edit]
- Displacement: 13,700 long tons (13,900 t)
- Length: 393 ft 11 in (120.07 m)
- Armor: 7.5 thru 11‑inch (191 thru 279 mm) Belt: / 12 in (305 mm) Turrets:
- Main battery: 4 × 12‑inch (305‑mm) / 40 caliber
- Secondary battery: 16 × 6‑inch (152‑mm), 8 × 3‑pdr (2.7‑kg), 6 × 1‑pdr (454 g)
- Torpedo tubes: 4 × 18‑inch (457‑mm)
- Complement: 561
- Speed: 18 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 15 Feb 1899 | 27 Jul 1901 | 29 Dec 1902 | 15 May 1920 | Scrapped 1922 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 7 Feb 1900 | 28 Dec 1901 | 1 Dec 1903 | 8 Sep 1919 | Scrapped 1922 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 22 Apr 1899 | 18 May 1901 | 4 Oct 1904 | Jul 1919 | Scrapped 1922 |
Virginia class[edit]
- Displacement: 15,000 tons
- Length (oa):
- Length (wl):
- Main battery: 4 × 12‑in (305 mm) (2x2)
- Secondary battery: 8 × 8‑in (203 mm) (4x2), 12 × 6‑in (152 mm) guns (12x1), 24 1-pounders (24x1)
- Torpedo tubes: 4 × 21‑in (533 mm)
- Armor: 11 inches belt / 12 inches turret / 3 inches deck
- Complement:
- Speed: 19 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 21 May 1902 | 5 Apr 1904 | 7 May 1906 | 13 Aug 1920 | Sunk as target |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 4 Jul 1902 | 7 Oct 1904 | 1 Jul 1907 | 2 Jul 1920 | Sold for scrap, 1923 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 31 Aug 1901 | 11 Oct 1904 | 24 Sep 1906 | 15 Jul 1920 | Sold for scrap, 1923 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 3 May 1902 | 10 Nov 1904 | 12 May 1906 | 6 Aug 1920 | Sunk as target |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 1 May 1902 | 17 May 1904 | 19 Feb 1906 | 30 Jun 1920 | Sold for scrap, 1923 |
Connecticut class[edit]
- Displacement: 16,000 tons
- Length (oa):
- Length (wl):
- Armor: 11in Belt / 3in Deck
- Main battery: 4 × 12‑in (305 mm) (2x2)
- Secondary battery: 8 × 8‑in (203 mm) (4x2), 12 × 7 in (178 mm) (12x1), 10 × 3 in (76 mm) (10x1)
- Torpedo tubes: 4 × 21‑in (533 mm)
- Complement:
- Speed: 18 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 10 Mar 1903 | 29 Sep 1904 | 29 Sep 1906 | Scrapped 1923–24 | |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 7 Feb 1903 | 27 Aug 1904 | 2 Jun 1906 | Scrapped 1923–24 | |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 21 May 1904 | 31 Aug 1905 | 4 Mar 1907 | Scrapped 1923–24 | |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 10 Feb 1904 | 12 Aug 1905 | 18 Apr 1907 | Scrapped 1923–24 | |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 27 Oct 1903 | 8 Apr 1905 | 9 Mar 1907 | Scrapped 1923–24 | |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 1 May 1905 | 30 Jun 1906 | 19 Mar 1908 | Scrapped 1923–24 |
Mississippi class[edit]
- Displacement: 13,000 tons
- Length (oa):
- Length (wl):
- Armament: 4 × 12 in (305 mm) (2 × 2), 8 × 8 in (203 mm) (4 × 2), 8 × 7 in (178 mm) (8x1), 12 × 3 in (76 mm) (12 × 1), 6 × 3 pounder gun (6 × 1), 2 × 1-pounder Mark 6 (2 × 1), 6 × .30-caliber machine guns (6 × 1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor:
- Speed: 17 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 12 May 1904 | 30 Sep 1905 | 1 Feb 1908 | Sold to Greece 1914; sunk by German aircraft in Apr 1941; sold for scrap in the 1950s | |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 12 May 1904 | 9 Dec 1905 | 1 Apr 1908 |
Dreadnought battleships[edit]
South Carolina class[edit]
- Displacement: 16,000 tons
- Armament: 8 × 12 in (305 mm) guns (4 × 2), 22 × 3 in (76 mm) (22x1), 2 × 3 pounder (2 × 1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 12” belt, 2.5" deck
- Speed: 18 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS South Carolina and USS Michigan
- Commissioned: 4 Jan 1910 (Michigan)
- Decommissioned: 11 Feb 1922 (Michigan)
- Fate: Scrapped 1924
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | |||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate | |||||
USS South Carolina(BB-26) | 8 × 12 in (305 mm) (4 × 2) | 16,000 tons | 18 Dec 1906 | 11 Jul 1908 | 1 Mar 1910 | Broken up as a result of the Washington Naval Treaty, 1924 | ||
USS Michigan(BB-27) | 17 Dec 1906 | 26 May 1908 | 4 Jan 1910 |
Delaware class[edit]
- Displacement: 20,380 tons
- Main battery: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) (5x2)
- Secondary battery: 14 × 5 in (127 mm) (14x1), 22 × 3 in (76 mm) (22x1), 2 × 3 pounder (2x1) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor:
- Speed: 21 knots
Ship | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 11 Nov 1907 | 6 Feb 1909 | 4 Apr 1910 | 10 Nov 1923 | Broken up at Baltimore, 1924 |
Error: {{USS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) | 16 Dec 1907 | 10 Nov 1908 | 11 Apr 1910 | 22 Nov 1923 | Broken up at Baltimore, 1931 |
Florida class[edit]
- Displacement: 21,800 tons
- Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) (5x2), 16 × 5 in (127 mm) (16x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor:
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS Florida and USS Utah
- Commissioned: 31 Aug 1911 (Utah)
- Decommissioned: 16 Feb 1931 (Florida)
- Fate: Florida scrapped in 1932, Utah became target ship (AG-16) in 1931, sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Florida(BB-30) | 10 × 12 in (305 mm) (5x2) | 9–11 in (229–279 mm) | 21,800 tons | 4 × Parsons steam turbine 4 × screws |
8 Mar 1909 | 12 May 1910 | 15 Sep 1911 | 16 Feb 1931 | Broken up at Philadelphia, 1931 |
USS Utah(BB-31) | 9 Mar 1909 | 23 Dec 1909 | 31 Aug 1911 | 5 Sep 1944 | Sunk in air attack, 7 Dec 1941 |
Wyoming class[edit]
- Displacement: 26,000 tons
- Armament: 12 × 12 in (305 mm) (6x2), 21 × 5 in (127 mm) (21x1), two 3-inch (3x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 11in Belt / 2in Deck
- Speed: 20.5 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS Wyoming and USS Arkansas
- Commissioned: 17 Sep 1912 (Arkansas)
- Decommissioned: 1 Aug 1947 (Wyoming)
- Fate: Wyoming became a training ship (AG-17) in 1931, scrapped in 1947. Arkansas sunk at Operation Crossroads in 1946
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Wyoming(BB-32) | 12 × 12 in (305 mm) (6x2) | 5–11 in (127–279 mm) | 26,000 tons | 4 × Parsons steam turbines 4 × screws |
9 Feb 1910 | 25 May 1911 | 25 Sep 1912 | 1 Aug 1947 | Struck 16 Dec 1947; Sold for scrap, 30 Oct 1947 |
USS Arkansas(BB-33) | 25 Jan 1910 | 14 Jan 1911 | 17 Sep 1912 | 29 Jul 1946 | Struck 15 Aug 1946; Sunk on 25 Jul 1946, as part of Operation Crossroads |
New York class[edit]
- Displacement: 27,200 tons
- Armament: 10 × 14 in (356 mm) (5x2), 21 5-inch (21x1), two 3-inch (2x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 12in Belt
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS New York and USS Texas
- Commissioned: 12 Mar 1914 (Texas)
- Decommissioned: 21 Apr 1948 (Texas)
- Fate: New York sunk as target 1948; Texas preserved as a memorial 1948
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS New York(BB-34) | 10 × 14 in (356 mm) (5x2) | 10–12 in (254–305 mm) | 27,200 tons | 2 × screws 2 × triple-expansion steam engines |
11 Sep 1911 | 30 Oct 1912 | 15 May 1914 | 29 Aug 1946 | Struck 13 Jul 1948; Sunk as target, 8 Jul 1948 |
USS Texas(BB-35) | 17 Apr 1911 | 18 May 1912 | 12 Mar 1914 | 21 Apr 1948 | Struck 30 Apr 1948; Museum ship at San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site |
Standard-type battleships[edit]
The so-called "Standard-type" was a series of battleships ordered between 1911 and 1916, and incorporating a number of new features including "all or nothing" armor. Twelve of these battleships were constructed across five classes, and were commissioned between 1916 and 1923.
Nevada class[edit]
- Displacement: 27,500 tons
- Armament: 10 × 14 in (356 mm) (2x3, 2x2), 21 × 5 in (127 mm) (21x1), 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor:13.5in Belt / 2.9in Deck
- Speed: 20 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma
- Commissioned: 11 Mar 1916 (Nevada)
- Decommissioned: 29 Aug 1946 (Nevada)
- Fate: Nevada sunk as target 1948; Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941, raised and stripped of salvageable parts, sunk en route to scrapping 1947
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | |||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Nevada(BB-36) | 10 × 14 in (356 mm) (2x3, 2x2) | 8–13.5 in (203–343 mm) | 27,500 tons | 2 × screw propellers 2 × steam turbines |
4 Nov 1912 | 11 Jul 1914 | 11 Mar 1916 | Struck 12 Aug 1948; Sunk as a target 31 Jul 1948 |
USS Oklahoma(BB-37) | 2 × screw propellers 2 × triple-expansion steam engines |
26 Oct 1912 | 23 Mar 1914 | 2 May 1916 | Struck 1 Sep 1944; Hulk sank while under tow, 17 May 1947 |
Pennsylvania class[edit]
- Displacement: 31,400 tons
- Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3), 22 × 5 in (127 mm) (22x1), 4 × 3 in (76 mm) (4x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 13.5in Belt / 3in Deck
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS Pennsylvania and USS Arizona
- Commissioned: both in 1916
- Fate: Pennsylvania sunk after Operation Crossroads in 1946, Arizona destroyed at Pearl Harbor in 1941, designated as a memorial.
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Pennsylvania(BB-38) | 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3) | 8–13.5 in (203–343 mm) | 31,400 tons | 4 × screws 4 × sets of Curtis (Pennsylvania) or Parsons (Arizona) steam turbines with geared cruising turbines |
27 Oct 1913 | 16 Mar 1915 | 12 Jun 1916 | 29 Aug 1946 | Target ship, Operation Crossroads; scuttled 10 Feb 1948 |
USS Arizona(BB-39) | 16 Mar 1914 | 19 Jun 1915 | 17 Oct 1916 | 29 Dec 1941 | Sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 1941 |
New Mexico class[edit]
- Displacement: 32,000 tons
- Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3), 14 × 5 in (127 mm) (14x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 13.5in Belt / 3.5in Deck
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 3: USS New Mexico, USS Mississippi, and USS Idaho
- Commissioned: 18 Dec 1917 (Mississippi)
- Decommissioned: 17 Sep 1956 (Mississippi)
- Fate: New Mexico & Idaho scrapped 1947; Mississippi converted to trials ship (AG-128) 1946, scrapped 1956
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS New Mexico(BB-40) | 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3) | 13.5 in Belt / 3.5 in Deck | 32,000 | 4 × steam turbines 4 × screw propellers |
14 Oct 1915 | 13 Apr 1917 | 20 May 1918 | 19 Jul 1946 | Struck 25 Feb 1947; Broken up at Newark, 1947 |
USS Mississippi(BB-41) | 5 Apr 1915 | 25 Jan 1917 | 18 Dec 1917 | 17 Sep 1956 | Struck 17 Sep 1956; Broken up at Baltimore, 1956 | ||||
USS Idaho(BB-42) | 20 Jan 1915 | 30 Jun 1917 | 24 Mar 1919 | 3 Jul 1946 | Broken up at Newark, 1947 |
Tennessee class[edit]
- Displacement: 32,300 tons
- Armament: 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3), 14 × 5 in (127 mm) (14x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 13.5in Belt / 3.5in Deck
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS Tennessee, and USS California
- Commissioned: 3 Jun 1920 (Tennessee)
- Decommissioned: 14 Feb 1947 (both)
- Fate: sold for scrap 1959
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Tennessee(BB-43) | 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3) | 13.5 in Belt / 3.5 in Deck | 32,300 tons | 2 × Westinghouse electric generators 4 × electric motors 4 × screw propellers |
14 May 1917 | 30 Apr 1919 | 3 Jun 1920 | 14 Feb 1947 | Struck 1 Mar 1959; Sold for scrap 10 Jul 1959 |
USS California(BB-44) | 25 Oct 1916 | 20 Nov 1919 | 10 Aug 1921 | 14 Feb 1947 | Struck 1 Mar 1959; Sold for scrap 10 Jul 1959 |
Colorado class[edit]
- Displacement: 32,600 tons
- Armament: 8 × 16 in (406 mm) (4x2), 12 × 5 in (127 mm) (12x1), 8 × 3 in (76 mm) (8x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor:13.5in Belt / 3.5in Deck
- Speed: 21 knots
- Ships in class: 4: USS Colorado, USS Maryland, USS Washington, and USS West Virginia
- Commissioned: Maryland in 1921, Colorado and West Virginia in 1923, Washington not completed and sunk as target
- Fate: Remaining three decommissioned 1947 and sold for scrap 1959.
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Colorado(BB-45) | 8 × 16 in (406 mm) (4x2) | 13.5in Belt / 3.5in Deck | 32,600 tons | 4 × screws turbo-electric transmission |
29 May 1919 | 22 Mar 1921 | 30 Aug 1923 | 7 Jan 1947 | Struck 1 Mar 1959; Sold for scrap, 23 Jul 1959 |
USS Maryland(BB-46) | 24 Apr 1917 | 20 Mar 1920 | 21 Jul 1921 | 3 Apr 1947 | Struck 1 Mar 1959; Sold for scrap, 8 Jul 1959 | ||||
USS Washington(BB-47) | 30 Jun 1919 | 1 Sep 1921 | — | Cancelled after signing of Washington Naval Treaty; Sunk as target, 25 Nov 1924 | |||||
USS West Virginia(BB-48) | 12 Apr 1920 | 17 Nov 1921 | 1 Dec 1923 | 9 Jan 1947 | Struck 1 Mar 1959; Sold for scrap, 24 Aug 1959 |
South Dakota class (1920)[edit]
- Displacement: 43,200 tons
- Armament: 12 × 16 in (406 mm) (4x3), 16 × 6 in (152 mm) (16x1), 8 × 3 in (76 mm) (8x1), 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Armor: 13.5in Belt / 4.75in Deck
- Speed: 23 knots
- Ships in class: 6: USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, USS Montana, USS North Carolina, USS Iowa, and USS Massachusetts
- Fate: Because of the Washington Naval Treaty, all were cancelled and scrapped on their slips prior to launch in 1923.
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | |||||
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Laid down | Suspended | Canceled | % Completed | Fate | |||||
USS South Dakota (BB-49)[31] |
12 × 16 in (406 mm) (4x3) | 13.5in Belt / 4.75in Deck | 43,200 tons | 4 × propeller shafts 4 × turbo-electric generators |
15 Mar 1920 | 8 Feb 1922 | 17 Aug 1922 | 38.5% | Sold for scrap, 25 Oct 1923 |
USS Indiana (BB-50)[32] |
1 Nov 1920 | 34.7% | Scrapped on slipway | ||||||
USS Montana (BB-51)[33] |
1 Sep 1920 | 27.6% | Sold for scrap, 25 Oct 1923 | ||||||
USS North Carolina (BB-52)[34] |
12 Jan 1920 | 36.7% | |||||||
USS Iowa (BB-53)[35] |
17 May 1920 | 31.8% | Sold for scrap, 8 Nov 1923 | ||||||
USS Massachusetts (BB-54)[36] |
4 Apr 1921 | 11.0% |
Fast battleships[edit]
The term "fast battleship" was applied to new designs in the early 1910s incorporating propulsion technology that allowed for higher speeds without sacrificing armour protection. The US Navy began introducing fast battleships into service following the Second London Naval Treaty of 1936, with a total of ten across three classes entering service.
North Carolina class[edit]
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3x3), 20 × 5 in (127 mm) (10x2), 16 × 1.1 inch AA (4x4)
- Armor: 12in Belt / 7in Deck
- Speed: 28 knots
- Ships in class: 2: USS North Carolina and USS Washington
- Commissioned: 1941
- Fate: North Carolina preserved as memorial 1965; Washington scrapped 1962
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
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Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS North Carolina(BB-55) | 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3x3) | 12in Belt / 7in Deck | 35,000 tons | 4 × General Electric geared turbines 4 × screws |
27 Oct 1937 | 13 Jun 1940 | 9 Apr 1941 | 27 Jun 1947 | Struck 1 Jun 1960; Museum ship since 29 Apr 1962 Wilmington, North Carolina |
USS Washington(BB-56) | 14 Jun 1938 | 1 Jun 1940 | 15 May 1941 | 27 Jun 1947 | Struck 1 Jun 1960; Sold for scrap, 24 May 1961 |
South Dakota class (1939)[edit]
- Displacement: 38,000 tons
- Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3×3), 20 (16 on South Dakota) × 5 inch (10 or 8 × 2), up to 68 × 40 mm AA (17 × 4), up to 76 × 20 mm AA (76x1), 3 aircraft
- Armor: 12.2in Belt / 7.5in Deck
- Speed: 27 knots
- Ships in class: 4: USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, and USS Alabama
- Commissioned: 1942
- Fate: South Dakota and Indiana scrapped 1962 and 1963 respectively; Alabama preserved as memorial 1964; Massachusetts preserved as memorial 1965
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS South Dakota(BB-57) | 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3×3) | 12.2in Belt / 7.5in Deck | 38,000 tons | 4 × screws 4 × geared steam turbines |
5 Jul 1939 | 7 Jun 1941 | 20 Mar 1942 | 31 Jan 1947 | Struck 1 Jun 1962; Sold for scrap, 25 Oct 1962 |
USS Indiana(BB-58) | 20 Sep 1939 | 21 Nov 1941 | 30 Apr 1942 | 11 Sep 1947 | Struck 1 Jun 1962; Sold for scrap, 23 Oct 1963 | ||||
USS Massachusetts(BB-59) | 20 Jul 1939 | 23 Sep 1941 | 12 May 1942 | 27 Mar 1947 | Struck 1 Jun 1962; Museum ship at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts, since 14 Aug 1965 | ||||
USS Alabama(BB-60) | 1 Feb 1940 | 16 Feb 1942 | 16 Aug 1942 | 9 Jan 1947 | Struck 1 Jun 1962; Museum ship at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama, since 11 Jun 1964 |
Iowa class[edit]
- Displacement: 48,500 tons
- Armament: 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3x3), 20 × 5 in (127 mm) (10x2), 80 × 40 mm AA (20x4), 49 × 20 mm AA (49x1) (1980s modification added 32 × Tomahawk and 16 × Harpoon missiles and 4 × Phalanx CIWS, and deleted 8 5-in guns and all other light anti-aircraft gun systems)
- Armor: 12in Belt / 7.5in Deck
- Speed: 33 knots
- Ships in class: 6: USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin, USS Illinois, and USS Kentucky
- Commissioned: Four commissioned; first, Iowa 1943; last, Missouri 1944.
- Fate: Iowa preserved as memorial in San Pedro, California; Missouri preserved as memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Wisconsin preserved as memorial in Norfolk, Virginia; New Jersey preserved as memorial in Camden, NJ; Illinois cancelled and scrapped on slip (bell currently at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's Memorial Stadium (Champaign), home of the Illinois Fighting Illini football team, traditionally rung when the Illini score a touchdown); Kentucky launched 1950, not completed, scrapped 1958.
Ship | Main guns | Armor | Displacement | Propulsion | Service | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | |||||
USS Iowa(BB-61) | 9 × 16 in (406 mm) (3x3) | 12in Belt / 7.5in Deck | 48,500 tons | 4 × screws 4 × geared steam turbines |
27 Jun 1940 | 27 Aug 1942 | 22 Feb 1943 | 24 Mar 1949 | Preserved as museum ship in Los Angeles, California |
25 Aug 1951 | 24 Feb 1958 | ||||||||
28 Apr 1984 | 26 Oct 1990 | ||||||||
USS New Jersey(BB-62) | 16 Sep 1940 | 7 Dec 1942 | 23 May 1943 | 30 Jun 1948 | Preserved as museum ship in Camden, New Jersey | ||||
21 Nov 1950 | 21 Aug 1957 | ||||||||
6 Apr 1968 | 17 Dec 1969 | ||||||||
28 Dec 1982 | 8 Feb 1991 | ||||||||
USS Missouri(BB-63) | 6 Jan 1941 | 29 Jan 1944 | 11 Jun 1944 | 26 Feb 1955 | Preserved as museum ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | ||||
10 May 1986 | 1 Mar 1992 | ||||||||
USS Wisconsin(BB-64) | 25 Jan 1941 | 7 Dec 1943 | 16 Apr 1944 | 1 Jul 1948 | Preserved as museum ship in Norfolk, Virginia | ||||
3 Mar 1951 | 8 Mar 1958 | ||||||||
22 Oct 1988 | 30 Sep 1991 | ||||||||
USS Illinois(BB-65) | 6 Dec 1942 | — | Cancelled 11 Aug 1945 Broken up at Philadelphia, 1958 | ||||||
USS Kentucky(BB-66) (BBG-1) |
7 Mar 1942 | 20 Jan 1950 | — | Broken up at Baltimore, 1959 |
Montana class[edit]
- Displacement: 65,000 tons
- Armament: 12 × 16 in (406 mm) (4x3), 20 × 5 in (127 mm) (10x2), undesignated number of 40 mm and 20 mm
- Armor: 16in Belt / 8.2in Deck
- Speed: 28 knots
- Ships in class: 5: USS Montana, USS Ohio, USS Maine, USS New Hampshire, and USS Louisiana
- Fate: All cancelled in 1943 before being laid down
See also[edit]
- List of battleships
- List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Battleships (BB)
- Timeline of battleships of the United States Navy
- USS Recruit (1917)
Notes[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ Reilly & Scheina (1980), pp. 21, 33, 35, 37, 39, 48.
- ^ a b c d e f g DANFS: Texas (1892).
- ^ Allen (1993), pp. 238–39.
- ^ The New York Times, 21 Oct 1896.
- ^ Allen (1993), p. 239.
- ^ Allen (1993), pp. 239, 241.
- ^ a b Reilly & Scheina (1980), p. 35.
- ^ Allen (1993), p. 244.
- ^ Reilly & Scheina (1980), p. 19.
- ^ Allen (1993), pp. 247–48.
- ^ Allen (1993), pp. 250, 256.
- ^ a b c Reilly & Scheina (1980), p. 48.
- ^ Reilly & Scheina (1980), p. 37.
- ^ a b DANFS: Indiana (BB-1).
- ^ The New York Times, 27 Feb 1893.
- ^ The New York Times, 19 Nov 1895.
- ^ a b Reilly & Scheina (1980), p. 69.
- ^ The New York Times, 10 Jun 1893.
- ^ a b DANFS: Massachusetts (BB-2).
- ^ The New York Times, 26 Oct 1893.
- ^ a b DANFS: Oregon (BB-3).
- ^ a b c DANFS: Iowa (BB-4).
- ^ a b Chesneau, Koleśnik & Campbell (1979), p. 141.
- ^ a b Houston Daily Post, 25 Mar 1898.
- ^ The Times, 20 Feb 1900.
- ^ Albertson (2007), p. 177.
- ^ Alexandria Gazette, 15 May 1900.
- ^ DANFS: Kentucky (BB-6).
- ^ Evans, Mark L. (14 Sep 2015). "South Dakota (Battleship No. 49)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
- ^ Cressman, Robert J.; Evans, Mark L. (12 Sep 2016). "Indiana I (Battleship No.1)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
- ^ Cressman, Robert J. (18 Feb 2016). "Montana (Battleship No. 51)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
- ^ "North Carolina II (Armored Cruiser No. 12)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 18 Feb 2016. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
- ^ Evans, Mark L. (20 Apr 2016). "Iowa II (Battleship No. 4) 1897–1923". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
- ^ "Massachusetts IV". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 18 Feb 2016. Retrieved 10 Mar 2019.
References[edit]
- Albertson, Mark (2007). They'll Have to Follow You!: The Triumph of the Great White Fleet. Tate Publishing & Enterprises. ISBN 978-1-60462-145-7.
- Chesneau, Roger; Koleśnik, Eugène M.; Campbell, N.J.M. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860–1905. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships, An Illustrated Design History. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-715-9.
- Miller, Nathan (1997). The U.S. Navy: A History (3rd ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-595-0. OCLC 37211290.
- Reilly, John C.; Scheina, Robert L. (1980). American Battleships 1896–1923: Predreadnought Design and Construction. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-524-7.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (20 May 1970). U.S. Warships of World War I. Doubleday. ISBN 0-7110-0095-6.
- Sweetman, Jack (2002). American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-867-4.
[edit]
- "Texas". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 Jan 2017.
- "Indiana (BB-1)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 Jan 2017.
- "Massachusetts (BB-2)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 13 Jan 2017.
- "Oregon (BB-3)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 15 Sep 2016.
- "Iowa (BB-4)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 28 Sep 2011.
- "Kearsarge". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 10 Jan 2013.
- "Kentucky". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Journals[edit]
- Allen, Francis J. (1993). ""Old Hoodoo": The Story of the U.S.S. Texas". Warship International. XXX (3). International Naval Research Organization. ISSN 0043-0374.
- "The Speed Trial of the United States Battleship Massachusetts". Scientific American. 74. 9 May 1896.; cited in Reilly & Scheina (1980), p. 210
Publications[edit]
- "Kentucky is Launched" (PDF). Houston Daily Post. 25 Mar 1898. Retrieved 1 Jan 2013.
- "The New Kearsarge" (PDF). The Times. Washington, D.C. 20 Feb 1900. Retrieved 11 Jan 2013.
- "The Kentucky in Commission" (PDF). Alexandria Gazette. 15 May 1900. Retrieved 3 Jan 2013.
- "The war steamer Indiana; to be launched from the Cramp yards today" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 Feb 1893. Retrieved 4 Jun 2010.
- "New battle ship launched; the Massachusetts floated in the broad Delaware" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 Jun 1893. Retrieved 4 Jun 2010.
- "The Oregon in her element" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 Oct 1893. Retrieved 28 Sep 2010.
- "The Indiana is Accepted; Capt. Evans Placed in Command – The Boston Goes to China" (PDF). The New York Times. 19 Nov 1895. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- "The Accident to the Texas: Capt. Glass Held Wholly Irresponsible for the Trouble" (PDF). The New York Times. 21 Oct 1896. Retrieved 3 Oct 2011.
Online resources[edit]
- "United States of America 12"/35 (30.5 cm) Mark 1 and Mark 2". NavWeaps.com. 19 Sep 2008. Retrieved 2 Oct 2011.
- "United States of America 13"/35 (33 cm) Mark 1 and Mark 2". NavWeaps.com. 15 Aug 2008. Retrieved 27 Dec 2011.
- "USS IOWA (BB-4)". The Patriot Files. 8 Sep 2009. Retrieved 8 Sep 2009.
- "USS Iowa (Battleship # 4), 1897–1923. Later renamed Coast Battleship # 4". Department of the Navy — Naval Historical Center. 13 Apr 2003. Retrieved 29 Sep 2011.
- "U.S.S. Iowa (BB-4), 1898". City of Art. 8 Sep 2009. Retrieved 8 Sep 2009.
External links[edit]
Memorials
- USS Arizona (BB-39) - Pearl Harbor National Memorial, HI
- USS Utah (ex-BB-31) - Pearl Harbor National Memorial, HI
Museum ships
- USS Alabama (BB-60) - Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL
- USS Iowa (BB-61) – USS Iowa Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
- USS Missouri (BB-63), Pearl Harbor, HI
- USS New Jersey (BB-62), Camden, NJ
- USS North Carolina (BB-55), Wilmington, NC
- USS Texas (BB-35) - Battleship Texas Foundation
- USS Wisconsin (BB-64) - Nauticus, Norfolk VA