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VIRGINIA 1st class battleships (1906 - 1907)


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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



Graphics


<i>Virginia</i>
Virginia
<i>New Jersey</i>
New Jersey
<i>Rhode Island</i>
Rhode Island
<i>Georgia</i>
Georgia
<i>New Jersey  </i>in camouflage paint 1918
New Jersey  in camouflage paint 1918
<i>Nebraska</i> in camouflage paint
Nebraska in camouflage paint


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