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Indiana Class Battleships Class Overview |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
350' 11" |
Engines: |
2 x vertically inverted triple expansion 3 cylinder |
Beam: |
69' 3" |
Boilers: |
6 x coal fired cylindrical by William Cramp |
Draft: |
27" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
10,288 Standard |
IHP: |
9,000 |
11,688 Full |
Speed: |
15 knots |
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Crew: |
473 |
Range: |
N/A |
Armament As Built
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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 |
13"/35 |
2 turrets |
12,000 yards (6.8 miles) @ 15° |
8 |
8"/35 |
4 turrets |
16,000 yards (9 miles) @ 20.1° |
4 |
6"/40 |
Single mounts |
18,000 yards (10.2 miles) @ 30.2° |
6 |
18" torpedo tubes |
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Also carried various types of smaller guns depending on vessel. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
Indiana BB-1 |
William Cramp |
Feb. 28, 1893 |
Nov. 20, 1895 |
Jan. 31, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sunk as target Nov. 1, 1920 in Tangier Bay, Maryland.
Hulk Sold Mar. 19, 1924 to The Scrap & Steel Co. Philadelphia and scrapped. |
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Massachusetts BB-2 |
William Cramp |
June 10, 1893 |
June 10, 1896 |
Mar. 31, 1919 |
Fate |
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Sunk as target off Pensacola, Florida.
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Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
Decommissioned |
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Oregon BB-3 |
Union Iron Works |
Oct. 26, 1893 |
July 15, 1896 |
Oct. 4, 1919 |
Fate |
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Scrapped in Japan 1956.
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Class Notes |
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Maximun speed reached on trials; Indiana 15.55 knots Massachusetts 16.21 knots Oregon 16.79 knots |
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None of these battleships ever carried the BB designation while commissioned. (the hull clasification system was changed on July 17, 1920) |
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1905-1909: |
All three ships modernized; Secondary armament changed, cage masts installed, boilers replaced (8 X Babcock). |