History
USS Washington
No narrative history is available yet.
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- Colorado-Class Dreadnought Battleship
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New jersey
- Keel Laid
- 1919-06-30
- Launch Date
- 1921-09-01
- Displacement
- 33,590 Tons
- Speed
- 21 Knots
- Power Plant
- 8 x Babcock & Wilcox Oil-Fired Boilers, 2 x Westinghouse Electric Generators, 4 x Electric Motors, 4 x Screws
- Armor
- Belt Armor: 13.5in - 8in, Deck Armor: 4.1in - 3.6in, Splinter Deck Armor: 2.25in - 1.5in, Conning Tower Armor: 16in - 6in, Turret Armor: 18in - 5in, Barbette Armor: 13in, Boiler Uptake Armor: 9in
- Final Disposition
- Cancelled by the Washington Naval Treaty while 75.9% complete 8 February, 1922. Sunk as a gunnery target by USS New York and USS Texas 25 November, 1924.
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 8 x 16"/45 Caliber Mark 1 Guns (4x2)
- Secondary
- 12 x 5"/51 Caliber Guns (12x1)
- Tertiary
- 4 x 3"/50 Caliber Anti-Aircraft Guns (4x1)
- Additional
- 2 x 21in Torpedo Tubes
Registry Tags
Tags
Battleship