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USS Florida (Battleship #30) BB-30 |
Hull Number: |
Battleship #30 (until July 17, 1920) BB-30 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
Florida |
Number In Class: |
2 |
Sister Ships: |
Utah BB-31 |
Builder: |
New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York |
Keel Laid Down: |
Mar. 9, 1909 |
Launched: |
May 12, 1910 |
Christened By: |
Miss E.D. Fleming daughter of the former Governor of Florida |
Commissioned: |
Sept. 15, 1911 |
Decommissioned: |
Feb. 16, 1931 |
Stricken: |
Apr. 6, 1931 |
Disposition: |
Apr. 1931 - Sept. 1932 Scrapped at Philadelphia Navy yard Sept. 30, 1932 Scrap material sold |
Crew: |
1,171 |
Dimensions |
Length: |
521' 6" (158.9m) |
Beam: |
88' 3" (26.9m) |
Draft: |
29' (8.8m) |
Displacement: |
23,700 24,800 Full |
Armament |
Type |
1911 |
1917 |
1922 |
1926 |
12"/45 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5"/51 |
16 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
3"/50AA |
- |
2 |
8 |
8 |
Torpedo Tubes 21" Submerged |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Service Timeline |
Feb. 15, - July 1914: |
Stationed off Vera Cruz, Mexico |
World War 1 |
Training in Chesapeake Bay until assigned to Battleship Squadron #6 British Grand Fleet |
Dec. 7, 1917: |
Arrived at Scapa Flow, used for convoy escort duty for the remainder of the war |
Nov. 21, 1918: |
Present at the surrender of the High Seas Fleet |
Commanders |
Sept. 15, 1911 |
H.S. Knapp |
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Dec. 21, 1914 |
June 24, 1916 |
Hilary Pollard Jones |
June 24, 1916 |
Oct. 16, 1918 |
Thomas Washington |
Oct. 16, 1918 |
July 12, 1919 |
Montgomery Megis Taylor |
Page revised Jan. 22, 2007 |