Connecticut-class
Kilkis
South-Carolina-class
Part of the Mississippi-class consisting of the Mississippi and Idaho, preceded by the Connecticut-class and succeeded by the South-Carolina-class. Building authorized under the 1903 naval budget. Due their old fashioned design already outdated even before completion. Sea keeping qualities on a low level causing unacceptable rolling and pitching gunnery platforms while serving on the Atlantic Ocean.
Laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, USA on 12 May 1904, launched by Miss Mabel Clare Money on 30 September 1905, commissioned on 1 February 1909, decommissioned at Newport News and sold to Greece on 21 July 1914, renamed Kilkis, training ship since 1930s, sunk during a German air attack while lying in the Salamis navy base where she served as a floating battery on 23 April 1941 and broken up in the 1950s.
General technical details of this class. With a displacement of 13.209 (normal)-14.697 (full combat load) tons and as dimensions 116 (over all) x 23 x 7,49 metres or 382 x 77 x 24.7 feet. The machinery consisted of 2-shaft triple expansion reciprocating steam engines and 8 Babcock&Wilcox boilers supplying via 2 screws 10.000 (design)-13.607 (trials) ihp allowing a speed of 17 (design)-17,11 (trials) knots. Crew numbered 744 men. Armament consisted of 2x2-30,5cm/12” /35 Mark 5 guns, 4x2-20,3cm/8” /45cal Mark 6 guns, 8x1-17,8cm/7” /45 cal Mark 2 guns, 12x1-7,6cm/3” /50 cal guns and 2-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes. The Harvey-Krupp made armour mostly backed with teak consisted of a 17,8cm/7”-23cm/9” thick belt, with the main gun turrets, secondary gun turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 20,3cm/8”-30,5cm/12”, 17,8cm/7”, 15,2cm/6”- 25,4cm/10” and 22,9cm/9” thick armour.
