American battleship USS Connecticut (BB-18) 1902-1923

Viriginia-class

Connecticut-class

American battleship USS Idaho of the Mississippi-class as the Greek Lemnos 1914-1945. 

Thanks to  Andreas Kendristakis

Connecticut-class consisting Connecticut, Louisiana, Kansas, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Vermont, preceded by the Virginia-class and succeeded by the Mississippi-class. Ordered on 1 July 1902, awarded on 15 October 1902. Laid down at New York Naval Shipyard on 10 March 1903, launched by Alice B. Welles on 29 September 1904, commissioned on 29 September 1906, decommissioned and reserve on 15 December 1915, recommissioned on 3 October 1916,  decommissioned on 1 March 1923 and sold to Walter W. Johnson, San, Francisco for 42.740 US dollars tp be broken up on 1 November 1923.

General technical specifications of this class. Displacement 16.000 (design)-17.949 (full load) tons and as dimensions 140 (waterline)-139,09 (overall) x 23,42 x 7,47 metres or 450’-456’4” x 76’10” x 24’6”. The machinery consisted of 2 shaft triple expansion steam engines and 12 coal fired Babcock&Wilcox boilers supplying 16,500 ihp allowing a speed of 18 knots. Coal bunker capacity 910 (normal)-2.444 (maximum) tons allowing a range of 7.590  nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots. The crew numbered 827 men. The armour consisted of a 15,2cm/6”-27,9cm/11” thick belt, with the barbettes main gun turrets, secondary gun turrets and conning tower protected by respectively 15,2cm/6”-25,4cm/10”, 20,3cm/8”-30,5cm/12”, 17,8cm/7” and 22,9cm/9”. The armour consisted of 2x2-30.5cm/12” /45cal Mark 5 guns (fore and aft), 8-20,3cm/8” /45 cal guns, 12-17,8cm/7” /45 cal guns, 20-7,6cm/3”/50 cal guns, 12-3pd guns, 4-1pd guns and 4-53cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes (broadsides), for which 16 torpedoes were carried.