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+ | Three '''''Maine'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1902 and 1904. | ||
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 3 vessels | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Maine}} | ||
+ | |[[William Cramp & Sons]] | ||
+ | |15 Feb, 1899 | ||
+ | |27 Jul, 1901 | ||
+ | |29 Dec, 1902 | ||
+ | |Sold 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Missouri}} | ||
+ | |[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]] | ||
+ | |7 Feb, 1900 | ||
+ | |28 Dec, 1901 | ||
+ | |1 Dec, 1903 | ||
+ | |Sold 1922 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Ohio}} | ||
+ | |[[Union Iron Works]] | ||
+ | |22 Apr, 1899 | ||
+ | |1901 | ||
+ | |4 Oct, 1904 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
+ | ==Design & Construction== | ||
+ | Originally planned as further members of the preceding [[Illinois Class Battleship (1898)|''Illinois'' class]], a new design was worked out to incorporate water-tube boilers, Krupp nickel-cemented armor, and a high-velocity main battery using smokeless powder.{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 104}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Armament== | ||
+ | ===As Completed=== | ||
+ | {{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 428}} | ||
+ | <br>'''Guns''' | ||
+ | * four 12-inch/50 caliber | ||
+ | * sixteen 6-inch/50 caliber | ||
+ | * six 3-inch/50 caliber | ||
+ | * eight 3-pounders | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Torpedoes''' | ||
+ | * two 18-inch submerged tubes, six torpedoes | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine-class_battleship}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | * {{BauerRobertsRegister}} | ||
+ | * {{Conways1860}} | ||
+ | * {{FriedmanUSBattleships}} | ||
+ | * {{SilverstoneNewNavy}} | ||
{{refend}} | {{refend}} | ||
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name=Maine | name=Maine | ||
+ | hullno=BB-10 | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
− | builder= | + | builder=[[William Cramp & Sons]]{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | order= | + | order=4 May, 1898{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | laid= | + | laid=15 2 99{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | launch= | + | launch=27 7 01{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | comm= | + | comm=29 12 02{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | fate= | + | fate=Sold |
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− | fatedate= | + | fatedate=1922{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
} | } | ||
{ship | {ship | ||
name=Missouri | name=Missouri | ||
+ | hullno=BB-11 | ||
pend= | pend= | ||
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− | order= | + | order=" |
− | laid= | + | laid=7 2 1900{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | launch=1901 | + | launch=28 12 1901{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | comm= | + | comm=1 12 03{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | fate= | + | fate=Sold |
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− | fatedate= | + | fatedate=1922{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
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name=Ohio | name=Ohio | ||
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− | order= | + | builder=[[Union Iron Works]]{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | laid= | + | order=" |
− | launch= | + | laid=22 4 99{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | comm= | + | launch=190118 5 01{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
− | fate= | + | comm=4 10 04{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
+ | fate=Sold | ||
fate2= | fate2= | ||
− | fatedate= | + | fatedate=1923{{Conways1860|p. 142}} |
} | } | ||
Latest revision as of 21:29, 9 December 2014
Three Maine class battleships were completed for the U.S. Navy between 1902 and 1904.
Overview of 3 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Maine | William Cramp & Sons | 15 Feb, 1899 | 27 Jul, 1901 | 29 Dec, 1902 | Sold 1922 |
Missouri | Newport News | 7 Feb, 1900 | 28 Dec, 1901 | 1 Dec, 1903 | Sold 1922 |
Ohio | Union Iron Works | 22 Apr, 1899 | 1901 | 4 Oct, 1904 | Sold 1923 |
Design & Construction
Originally planned as further members of the preceding Illinois class, a new design was worked out to incorporate water-tube boilers, Krupp nickel-cemented armor, and a high-velocity main battery using smokeless powder.[1]
Armament
As Completed
[2]
Guns
- four 12-inch/50 caliber
- sixteen 6-inch/50 caliber
- six 3-inch/50 caliber
- eight 3-pounders
Torpedoes
- two 18-inch submerged tubes, six torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-715-1. (on Amazon.com).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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