American battleship USS Washington (BB-47) 1919-1924

Tennessee-class

Colorado-class

South Dakota-class

North Carolina-class

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Laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, USA on 30 June 1919, launched by Jean Summers on 1 September 1921, building stopped on 8 February 1922 as a result of the Washington Naval treaty and sunk by the USS New York and Texas while used as a gunnery target on 26 November 1924.

Of the Colorado-class consisting of the Colorado, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington preceded by the Tennessee-class and succeeded by the South Dakota and North Carolina-classes. General technical specifications of this class. Displacement 32.600 long tons and as dimensions 190,27 x 29,67 x 12 metres or 624.3 x 97.4 x 38 feet. Turbo-electric transmission consisting of 4-5,424kW electric motors driven by 2-2 phase turbo generators and 8 oil-fired Babcock&Wilcox water tube boilers supplying via 4 screw shafts totally 28.900 ehp allowing a speed of 21 knots. With the maximum oil bunker capacity of 4.570 tons was the range 8.000 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots. Crew numbered 1.080 men. The armour consisted of a 20,3-34,3cm/8-13.5” thick belt, 8,9cm/3.5” thick decks with the barbettes, gun turrets and conning tower protected by respectively 33cm/13”, 12,7cm/5” (top)-22,9cm/9” (rear)-22,9/25,4cm or 9-10” (sides)-45,7cm/18” (front) and 292cm/11.5”. Original armament consisted of 4x2-41cm/16” 45 Mark 5 guns, 12/14-12,7cm/5” /51 guns, 4-7,6cm/3” guns, 2-21” torpedo tubes deck mounted; later increased with anti aircraft guns. The Colorado-class battleships were the last battleships built for the US Navy with 4 gun turrets.