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− | {{Connecticut Class (1904)}} | + | Six '''''Connecticut'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1906 and 1908. |
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+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 6 vessels | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! align=center | Name | ||
+ | ! align=center | Builder | ||
+ | ! align=center | Laid Down | ||
+ | ! align=center | Launched | ||
+ | ! align=center | Completed | ||
+ | ! align=center | Fate | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Connecticut}} | ||
+ | |[[New York Navy Yard]] | ||
+ | |10 Mar, 1903 | ||
+ | |29 Sep, 1904 | ||
+ | |29 Sep, 1906 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Louisiana}} | ||
+ | |[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]] | ||
+ | |7 Feb, 1903 | ||
+ | |27 Aug, 1904 | ||
+ | |2 Jun, 1906 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Vermont}} | ||
+ | |[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]] | ||
+ | |21 May, 1904 | ||
+ | |31 Aug, 1905 | ||
+ | |4 Mar, 1907 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Kansas}} | ||
+ | |[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]] | ||
+ | |10 Feb, 1904 | ||
+ | |12 Aug, 1905 | ||
+ | |18 Apr, 1907 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Minnesota}} | ||
+ | |[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]] | ||
+ | |27 Oct, 1903 | ||
+ | |8 Apr, 1905 | ||
+ | |9 Mar, 1907 | ||
+ | |Sold 1924 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-NewHampshire}} | ||
+ | |[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]] | ||
+ | |1 May, 1905 | ||
+ | |30 Jun, 1906 | ||
+ | |19 Mar, 1908 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Electrical== | ||
+ | The British reported extensively on the details of this class in their 1903 ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School''.{{ARTS1903|pp. 86-91}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | This class increased the voltage previously used to 125 volts.{{ARTS1903|p. viii}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | Two distinct electrical systems were installed, "battle service" and "lighting service", with separate mains and feeders. Battle service supplied everything required in action: all lights below the protective deck (engine room, magazines, lighting at guns hoists, winches). Lighting service was for comfort items, such as in cabins, messes, and the forty five 12-in desk fans and eight 16-in fans in the officers' quarters. There were 1,100 lighting fixtures in all, 730 of them on the battle service.{{ARTS1903|p. 86}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Searchlights=== | ||
+ | Six 30-in hand-controlled projectors. They ran on 125 volts, drawing 80 amperes with 60 volts across the arc.{{ARTS1903|p. 86}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Armament== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Main Battery=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The two 12-in and four 8-in turrets trained electrically, each driven by two identical motors (25/15 H.P. for the 12-in and 8-in turrets, respectively). The training motors ordinarily worked together, but either was capable of training the turret individually.{{ARTS1903|pp. 86-7}} The Ward-Leonard control systems were modified over the system used in the previous class.{{ARTS1903|p. 87}} | ||
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+ | The same guns had 7/5 H.P. rammer motors. Each gun had its own ammunition hoist (30/8 H.P.) which would rapidly reverse and could run in any of five speeds. Elevation was also electrical, by 5/2.5 H.P. motors.{{ARTS1903|p. 88}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Secondary Battery=== | ||
+ | The 7-in guns were trained and elevated by hand.{{ARTS1903|p. 88}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Torpedoes=== | ||
+ | The British recorded the particulars in 1911 as{{ARTS1911|p. 113}} | ||
+ | * four 21-in torpedoes firing on the broadside in two submerged flats | ||
+ | |||
+ | At 5 metres, the torpedoes were noted as being only as long as British 18-in torpedoes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Twelve torpedoes were allowed, but generally six were in the forward flat and five in the aft. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut-class_battleship}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Footnotes== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | *{{ARTS1903}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Footer Connecticut Class Battleship (1904)}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Connecticut}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Connecticut}} | ||
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+ | chain=Battleships | ||
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+ | {group | ||
+ | name=1902 Order | ||
+ | } | ||
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+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Connecticut | ||
+ | hullno=BB-18 | ||
+ | pend=DC (W/T, 1909){{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 55}} | ||
+ | builder=[[New York Navy Yard]]{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | order=1 July, 1902{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | laid=10 3 03{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | launch=29 9 04{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=29 9 06{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1923{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Louisiana | ||
+ | hullno=BB-19 | ||
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+ | builder=[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
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+ | launch=27 8 04{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=2 6 06{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1923{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {group | ||
+ | name=1903 Order | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Vermont | ||
+ | hullno=BB-20 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]]{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | order=3 3 03{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | laid=21 5 04{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | launch=31 8 05{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | comm=4 3 07{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1923{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Kansas | ||
+ | hullno=BB-21 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]]{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | order=" | ||
+ | laid=10 2 04{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | launch=12 8 05{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | comm=18 4 07{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1923{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Minnesota | ||
+ | hullno=BB-22 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | order=" | ||
+ | laid=27 10 03{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | launch=8 4 05{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | comm=9 3 07{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1924{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {group | ||
+ | name=1904 Order | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=New Hampshire | ||
+ | hullno=BB-25 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]]{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | order=27 April, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | laid=1 5 05{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | launch=30 6 06{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | comm=19 3 08{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1923{{Conways1860|p. 144}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:53, 16 October 2015
Six Connecticut class battleships were completed for the U.S. Navy between 1906 and 1908.
Overview of 6 vessels | |||||
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Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Connecticut | New York Navy Yard | 10 Mar, 1903 | 29 Sep, 1904 | 29 Sep, 1906 | Sold 1923 |
Louisiana | Newport News | 7 Feb, 1903 | 27 Aug, 1904 | 2 Jun, 1906 | Sold 1923 |
Vermont | Fore River | 21 May, 1904 | 31 Aug, 1905 | 4 Mar, 1907 | Sold 1923 |
Kansas | New York Shipbuilding | 10 Feb, 1904 | 12 Aug, 1905 | 18 Apr, 1907 | Sold 1923 |
Minnesota | Newport News | 27 Oct, 1903 | 8 Apr, 1905 | 9 Mar, 1907 | Sold 1924 |
New Hampshire | New York Shipbuilding | 1 May, 1905 | 30 Jun, 1906 | 19 Mar, 1908 | Sold 1923 |
Electrical
The British reported extensively on the details of this class in their 1903 Annual Report of the Torpedo School.[1]
This class increased the voltage previously used to 125 volts.[2]
Two distinct electrical systems were installed, "battle service" and "lighting service", with separate mains and feeders. Battle service supplied everything required in action: all lights below the protective deck (engine room, magazines, lighting at guns hoists, winches). Lighting service was for comfort items, such as in cabins, messes, and the forty five 12-in desk fans and eight 16-in fans in the officers' quarters. There were 1,100 lighting fixtures in all, 730 of them on the battle service.[3]
Searchlights
Six 30-in hand-controlled projectors. They ran on 125 volts, drawing 80 amperes with 60 volts across the arc.[4]
Armament
Main Battery
The two 12-in and four 8-in turrets trained electrically, each driven by two identical motors (25/15 H.P. for the 12-in and 8-in turrets, respectively). The training motors ordinarily worked together, but either was capable of training the turret individually.[5] The Ward-Leonard control systems were modified over the system used in the previous class.[6]
The same guns had 7/5 H.P. rammer motors. Each gun had its own ammunition hoist (30/8 H.P.) which would rapidly reverse and could run in any of five speeds. Elevation was also electrical, by 5/2.5 H.P. motors.[7]
Secondary Battery
The 7-in guns were trained and elevated by hand.[8]
Torpedoes
The British recorded the particulars in 1911 as[9]
- four 21-in torpedoes firing on the broadside in two submerged flats
At 5 metres, the torpedoes were noted as being only as long as British 18-in torpedoes.
Twelve torpedoes were allowed, but generally six were in the forward flat and five in the aft.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. pp. 86-91.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. viii.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 86.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 86.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. pp. 86-7.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 87.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 88.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 88.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1911. p. 113.
Bibliography
- H.M.S. Vernon. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903, with Appendix (Wireless Telegraphy). Copy 478 at The National Archives. ADM 189/23.
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