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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
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| {{US-Maine}}
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|[[William Cramp & Sons]]
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|15 Feb, 1899
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|27 Jul, 1901
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|29 Dec, 1902
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|Sold 1922
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| {{US-Missouri}}
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|[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]
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|7 Feb, 1900
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|28 Dec, 1901
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|1 Dec, 1903
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|Sold 1922
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| {{US-Ohio}}
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|[[Union Iron Works]]
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|22 Apr, 1899
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|1901
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|4 Oct, 1904
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|Sold 1923
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==Design & Construction==
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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}}
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==Armament==
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===As Completed===
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{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 428}}
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<br>'''Guns'''
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* four 12-inch/50 caliber
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* sixteen 6-inch/50 caliber
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* six 3-inch/50 caliber
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* eight 3-pounders
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'''Torpedoes'''
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* two 18-inch submerged tubes, six torpedoes
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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
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

  1. ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 104.
  2. ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 428.

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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