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Monday, 28 November 2016

Results of full speed test of the American battleship USS Idaho according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1910-1911 no. 5

As the Greek Lemnos
Thanks to  Andreas Kendristakis

An item referred to the Army and Navy Journal reporting that the Idaho part of the American Atlantic Fleet executed full speed tests of with the following results: speed 17 (design)-17,14 (when handed over)-17,291 (in service) miles and with a displacement of 13.000 (when handed over)-13.400 (in service) tons.(1)

Note
1. 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 Due their old fashioned design already outdated even before completion.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. Building ordered on 3 March 1903, laid down by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, USA on 12 May 1904, launched on 9 December 1905, commissioned on 1 April 1908, reserve since 27 October 1913, recommissioned in March 1914, sold to Greece on 30 July 1914, renamed Lemnos, in reserve after 1932, part of armour reused for protection of defence works on the island of Aegina, disarmed in 1937, barracks ship since 1937 and sunk during a German air attack on the Salamis Naval Base on 23 April 1941 and broken up after the war.