National Battleship Registry
USS Kearsarge AB-1
AB-1
BB-5
IX-16
Alternate Names: Crane Ship No. 1
History
USS Kearsarge
No narrative history is available yet.
Service History
Commissionings
| Commissioned | Decommissioned | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1900-02-20 | 1909-09-04 | First Commissioning |
| 1916-06-23 | 1920-05-18 | Second Commissioning |
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- Kearsarge-Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia.
- Keel Laid
- 1896-06-30
- Launch Date
- 1898-03-24
- Displacement
- 11,730 Tons
- Speed
- 16 Knots
- Power Plant
- 5 x Fire Tube Boilers, 2 x Triple-Expansion Engines, 2 x Screws
- Armor
- Belt Armor: 16.5in - 9.5in, Bow Armor: 4in, Conning Tower Armor: 10in, Turret Armor (Main Guns): 17in - 3.5in, Turret Armor (8" Sec Guns): 11in - 2in, Barbette Armor: 15in - 12.5in
- Final Disposition
- Sold for scrap 9 August, 1955
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 4 x 13"/35 Caliber Guns (2x2)
- Secondary
- 4 x 8"/35 Caliber Guns (2x2 Mounted atop the 13" Gun Turrets), 14 x 5"/40 Caliber Guns (14x1)
- Tertiary
- 20 x 6-Pounder (57mm) Guns (20x1), 8 x 1-Pounder (37mm) Guns (8x1)
- Additional
- 4 x .30in (7.62mm) Machine Guns (4x1), 4 x 18in Torpedo Tubes