South Carolina-class
Delaware-class
Florida-class
Building ordered on 2 March 1907, laid down at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy Point, Massachusetts, USA on 16 December 1907, launched on 10 November 1909, baptized by Mary Benton, commissioned on 11 April 1910, decommissioned on 22 November 1923, disarmed and reclassified as unclassified ship n 29 May 1924, converted into a radio-controlled target ship, replaced by USS Utah in 1931, stricken on 7 January 1931 and sold to the Union Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, USA be broken up on 16 March 1931.
Part of the Delaware-class consisting of the Delaware and North Dakota, preceded by the South Carolina-class and succeeded by the Florida-class. General specifications of this class. With a displacement of 20.380 (standard)-22.440 (mean war service) tons and as dimensions 158 x 26,01 x 8,31 metres or 519 x 85.4 x 27.3 feet. The 2 shaft Curtiss steam turbines and 14 Babcock&Wilcox boilers provided a horsepower of 25.000 shp allowed a speed of 21 knots and with a speed of 10 knots and the coal bunker capacity of 1.000-2.500 tons a range of 6.000 nautical miles. The crew numbered 933 men. The armour consisted of a 22,9-27,9cm/9-11” thick belt, 5,1cm/2” thick decks with the lower casemate, upper casemate, barbettes, turrets (face) and conning tower protected by respectively 20,3-25,4cm/8-10”, 12,7cm/5”, 10,2-25,4cm/4-10”/30,5cm/12” and 29,2cm/11.5” thick armour. The original armament consisted of 5x2-30,5cm/12“ L/45 Mark guns, 14x1-12,7cm/5”L/5- guns and 2-53cm/21” torpedo tubes below the waterline.
