Tennessee Class Cruiser (1904)

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Four Tennessee class armoured cruisers were completed between 1906 and 1908 for service in the U.S. Navy.

They were the last armoured cruisers the U.S. would build.

Overview of 4 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Tennessee William Cramp & Sons 20 Jun, 1903 3 Dec, 1904 17 Jul, 1906 Wrecked 29 Aug, 1916
Washington New York Shipbuilding 23 Sep, 1903 18 Mar, 1905 7 Aug, 1906 Sold 1946
North Carolina Newport News 21 Mar, 1905 6 Oct, 1906 7 May, 1908 Sold 1930
Montana Newport News 29 Apr, 1905 15 Dec, 1906 21 Jul, 1908 Sold 1930

Armament

Guns

Torpedoes

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).


Tennessee Class Armoured Cruiser
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