Indiana class battleship

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Indiana-class battleship
USS Indiana, the lead ship of the class
Class Overview
Class type: Battleship
Class name: The State of Indiana
Preceded by: USS Maine and USS Texas
Succeeded by: Kearsarge class
Ships of the line: Indiana (BB-1), Massachusetts (BB-2) Oregon (BB-3)
General Characteristics (USS Indiana)
Displacement: Standard: 10,288  tons;
Mean War Service:
Length: 350 ftin
Beam: 69 ft 3 in
Draft: 24 ft
Speed: 15 knots
Complement: 473 officers and men
Max. cruising radius
Power:
Drive:
Fuel:
Armour Belt:
Bulkheads:
Barbettes:
Turrets:
Decks:

The three Indiana-class battleships of the United States Navy were the first series of modern battleships to be built. All launched in 1893, they were designed for coastal defense, being too low in the water to deal well with the waves of the open ocean. However, despite their low freeboard, they gave good service in the Spanish-American War and for over a decade afterward, until dreadnought battleships began to come into the fleet in numbers.

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[edit] Description

  • Displacement: 10,288 tons
  • Length: 350 feet 11 inches
  • Beam: 69 feet 4 inches
  • Draft: 24 feet
  • Propulsion:
    • Engines: Two vertical inverted triple expansion engines
    • Shafts: 2
    • Power: 9,000 shp
  • Complement: 473
  • Armor:
    • Belt: 18 inches (450 mm)
    • Turret: 15 inches (375 mm)
    • Tower: 10 inches (250 mm)
    • Deck: 3 inches (75 mm)
  • Armament:
    • Main guns: 4 x 13 inch guns
    • Secondary guns: 8 x 8 inch guns and 4 x 6 inch guns
    • Light guns: 20 x 6 pounder guns and 6 x 1 pounder guns


[edit] Ships in class

USS Indiana
USS Indiana

[edit] USS Indiana


USS Massachusetts
USS Massachusetts

[edit] USS Massachusetts


USS Oregon
USS Oregon

[edit] USS Oregon

Philippine-American War, Asiatic Fleet

  • Victories: Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
  • Fate: Decommissioned 17 July 1920, initially for preservation but sold for scrap 15 March 1956

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Indiana-class battleship
Indiana | Massachusetts | Oregon

List of battleships of the United States Navy


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