NAVYPEDIA

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Virginia

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
BB13	Virginia	40	Newport News	21.5.1902	5.4.1904	7.5.1906	stricken 7.1922
BB14	Nebraska	38	Moran, Seattle	4.7.1902	7.10.1904	1.7.1907	stricken 7.1922
BB15	Georgia	39	Bath Iron Wks	31.8.1901	11.10.1904	24.9.1906	stricken 7.1922
BB16	New Jersey	108	Fore River, Quincy	3.4.1902	10.11.1904	12.5.1906	stricken 7.1922
BB17	Rhode Island	109	Fore River, Quincy	1.5.1902	17.5.1904	19.2.1906	stricken 7.1922

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	14948
Displacement full, t	16094
Length, m	134.5
Breadth, m	23.3
Draught, m	7.24
No of shafts	2
Machinery	BB13, 15: 2 VTE, 24 Niclausse boilers BB14, 16, 17: 2 VTE, 12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	19000
Max speed, kts	19
Fuel, t	BB13: coal 1900 BB14, 17: coal 1700 BB15: coal 1925 BB16: coal 1955
Endurance, nm(kts)	BB13, 15 - 17: 4860(10) BB14: 5950(10)
Armour, mm	Krupp and Harvey steel - belt: 279 - 203 (152 - 102 at ship ends), bulkheads: 152, deck: 76 - 38, barbettes: 254 - 190, main turrets: 305 - 152, secondary turrets: 305 - 102, casemates: 152, CT: 229
Armament	BB13 - 15: 2 x 2 - 305/40 Mk III, 4 x 2 - 203/45 Mk VI, 12 x 1 - 152/49 Mk VI/VIII, 12 x 1 - 76/50 Mk VI, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I / Driggs-Schroeder Mk I, 4 - 533 TT (beam) BB16, 17: 2 x 2 - 305/40 Mk IV, 4 x 2 - 203/45 Mk VI, 12 x 1 - 152/50 Mk VIII, 12 x 1 - 76/50 Mk VI, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I / Driggs-Schroeder Mk I, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Hotchkiss heavy Mk I/II/III / Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I, 4 - 533 TT (beam)
Complement	812

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Project history

Authorized under the Acts of 3.3.1899 (first three) and 7.6.1900 (last two). Flush-deck ships with freeboard of 5.9m forward at legend draught, and considerably larger than previous designs. Two of the 203mm turrets were fixed to the roofs of the 305mm and trained with them, in spite of the unsatisfactory experience of this arrangement in the Kearsarge class. The inconvenience of fire control and the risk of disabling of four guns with one shell hit were outweighed by the temptation to have a theoretically very powerful side salvo consisted of 4 305mm, 6 203mm and 6 152mm guns. The turrets were electrically powered and the total output of the ships' dynamos was 500kW.

Ship protection

Main belt had 2.43m height (0.91m over and 1.52m under waterline). 58.5m long amidships part of belt was 279mm thick at 1.52m upper part tapering to 203mm at lower edge. Next 18.3m fore and 9.8m aft parts of belt were 229mm at upper edge tapering to 152mm at lower edge. Ship ends were protected by 152-114mm, later 127-102mm and finally 102mm armour. Belt was connected with main gun barbettes by 152mm bulkheads. There was 152mm upper belt. 38mm armoured deck over citadel had 76mm slopes and connected with lower edge of main belt. It was 76mm in flat part and had 76mm slopes at ship ends. Main gun turrets had 89mm crowns but secondary gun turrets had only 38mm crowns. 2 secondary gun turrets placed over main guns and had identical vertical armour but 2 secondary gun turrets on beam were protected by 165-102mm armour.

Modernizations

1909 - 1910, all: - 12 x 1 - 47/40; cage masts were installed.

1919, Virginia, Georgia: Niclausse boilers were replaced by 12 Babcock & Wilcox

1919, all: - 12 x1 - 152/50 (may be temporarily), (6 - 8) x 1 - 76/50; + 2 x 1 - 76/52 Mk X

Naval service

 All ships were stricken according to the Washington Treaty; Virginia and New Jersey were used as targets.







in camouflage paint 1918