American dreadnought battleship USS Delaware (BB-28) 1907-1924

South Carolina-class

Delaware-class

Florida-class

Laid down by Newport New Shipbuilding, Newport News, USA on 11 November 1907, launched on 6 February 1909, commissioned on 4 April 1910, decommissioned caused by the Washington Naval Treaty at the Boston Navy Yard on 10 November 1923, disarmed and sold to be broken up on 5 February 1924.

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 two shaft vertical triple expansion engines 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, 14x1-5” L/5- guns and 2-53cm/21” torpedo tubes below the waterline.