Difference between revisions of "Virginia Class Battleship (1904)"
From The Dreadnought Project
Simon Harley (Talk | contribs) m (USS Virginia Class (1904) moved to Virginia Class (1904)) |
(replace "[[Moran Brothers Shipyard" with "[[Seattle Construction and Drydock Company|Moran Brothers Shipyard") |
||
(18 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
− | + | Five '''''Virginia'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1906 and 1907. | |
− | [[ | + | <div name=fredbot:ships> |
+ | {| class="wikitable collapsible" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 5 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-Virginia}} | ||
+ | |[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]] | ||
+ | |21 May, 1902 | ||
+ | |5 Apr, 1904 | ||
+ | |7 May, 1906 | ||
+ | |Expended 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Nebraska}} | ||
+ | |[[Seattle Construction and Drydock Company|Moran Brothers Shipyard]] | ||
+ | |4 Jul, 1902 | ||
+ | |7 Oct, 1904 | ||
+ | |1 Jul, 1907 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-Georgia}} | ||
+ | |[[Bath Iron Works]] | ||
+ | |31 Aug, 1901 | ||
+ | |11 Oct, 1904 | ||
+ | |24 Sep, 1906 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-NewJersey}} | ||
+ | |[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]] | ||
+ | |3 Apr, 1902 | ||
+ | |10 Nov, 1904 | ||
+ | |12 May, 1906 | ||
+ | |Expended 1923 | ||
+ | |- align=left | ||
+ | | {{US-RhodeIsland}} | ||
+ | |[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]] | ||
+ | |1 May, 1902 | ||
+ | |17 May, 1904 | ||
+ | |19 Feb, 1906 | ||
+ | |Sold 1923 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:ships> | ||
+ | ==Design & Construction== | ||
+ | The ''Virginias'' marked an unfortunate return to the impractical double-decker turrets of the {{US-Kearsarge}} and {{US-Kentucky}}. By the time they entered service improvements in gunnery and the launch of the {{UK-Dreadnought}} had negated any small benefit these turrets might have provided.{{FriedmanUSBattleships|pp. 42-43}} Their double turrets as well as their varied secondary battery are an example of [[Fisher|Sir John Fisher's]] comment about the practice of arming warships "as if you were peopling the Ark, and wanted representatives of all calibres".<ref>Fisher, "Rough Headings of 6th Lecture", 30 December 1901, in ''Extracts from Confidential Papers. Mediterranean Fleet, 1899-1902.'', p. 10, MSS 253/1/2, Box 1/2, Thomas E. Crease MSS, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.</ref> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Armament== | ||
+ | ===As Completed=== | ||
+ | {{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 429}}{{BauerRobertsRegister|p. 104}}<br> | ||
+ | '''Guns''' | ||
+ | * four 12-inch/40 caliber | ||
+ | * eight 8-inch/40 caliber | ||
+ | * twelve 6-inch/50 caliber | ||
+ | * twelve 3-inch/50 caliber | ||
+ | * twelve 3-pounders | ||
+ | * two 1-pounders | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Torpedoes''' | ||
+ | * four 21-inch submerged tubes, twelve to sixteen torpedoes | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_battleship}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Footnotes== | ||
+ | {{reflist}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Bibliography== | ||
+ | {{refbegin}} | ||
+ | * {{BauerRobertsRegister}} | ||
+ | * {{Conways1860}} | ||
+ | * {{FriedmanUSBattleships}} | ||
+ | * {{SilverstoneNewNavy}} | ||
+ | {{refend}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{Footer Virginia Class Battleship (1904)}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{DEFAULTSORT:Virginia}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{CatClassPreDreadnought|US}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- data | ||
+ | |||
+ | nat=US | ||
+ | cat=PreDreadnought | ||
+ | type=pre-dreadnought | ||
+ | |||
+ | chain=Battleships | ||
+ | |||
+ | {group | ||
+ | name=1899 Order | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Virginia | ||
+ | hullno=BB-13 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | order=3 March, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | laid=21 5 1902{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | launch=5 4 1904{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=7 5 1906{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | decomm=13 8 1920{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | strick=12 7 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | fate=Expended | ||
+ | fate2=Target Ship | ||
+ | fatedate=5 9 1923{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Nebraska | ||
+ | hullno=BB-14 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Seattle Construction and Drydock Company|Moran Brothers Shipyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | order=" | ||
+ | laid=4 7 1902{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | launch=7 10 1904{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=1 7 1907{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | decomm=2 7 1920{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | strick=12 7 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=30 11 1923{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Georgia | ||
+ | hullno=BB-15 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Bath Iron Works]]{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | order=" | ||
+ | laid=31 8 01{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | launch=11 10 04{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=24 9 06{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | decomm=15 7 1920{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | strick=12 7 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1 11 1923{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | {group | ||
+ | name=1900 Order | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=New Jersey | ||
+ | hullno=BB-16 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]]{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | order=7 6 1900{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | laid=3 4 1902{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | launch=10 11 1904{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=12 5 1906{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | decomm=6 8 1920{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | strick=12 7 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | fate=Expended | ||
+ | fate2=Target Ship | ||
+ | fatedate=5 9 1923{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | {ship | ||
+ | name=Rhode Island | ||
+ | hullno=BB-17 | ||
+ | pend= | ||
+ | builder=" | ||
+ | order=" | ||
+ | laid=1 5 1902{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | launch=17 5 1904{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | comm=19 2 1906{{Conways1860|p. 143}} | ||
+ | decomm=30 6 1920{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | strick=12 7 1922{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | fate=Sold | ||
+ | fate2= | ||
+ | fatedate=1 11 1923{{FriedmanUSBattleships|p. 419}} | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | data --> |
Latest revision as of 10:22, 27 April 2018
Five Virginia class battleships were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1906 and 1907.
Overview of 5 vessels | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Virginia | Newport News | 21 May, 1902 | 5 Apr, 1904 | 7 May, 1906 | Expended 1923 |
Nebraska | Moran Brothers Shipyard | 4 Jul, 1902 | 7 Oct, 1904 | 1 Jul, 1907 | Sold 1923 |
Georgia | Bath Iron Works | 31 Aug, 1901 | 11 Oct, 1904 | 24 Sep, 1906 | Sold 1923 |
New Jersey | Fore River | 3 Apr, 1902 | 10 Nov, 1904 | 12 May, 1906 | Expended 1923 |
Rhode Island | Fore River | 1 May, 1902 | 17 May, 1904 | 19 Feb, 1906 | Sold 1923 |
Design & Construction
The Virginias marked an unfortunate return to the impractical double-decker turrets of the Kearsarge and Kentucky. By the time they entered service improvements in gunnery and the launch of the Dreadnought had negated any small benefit these turrets might have provided.[1] Their double turrets as well as their varied secondary battery are an example of Sir John Fisher's comment about the practice of arming warships "as if you were peopling the Ark, and wanted representatives of all calibres".[2]
Armament
As Completed
- four 12-inch/40 caliber
- eight 8-inch/40 caliber
- twelve 6-inch/50 caliber
- twelve 3-inch/50 caliber
- twelve 3-pounders
- two 1-pounders
Torpedoes
- four 21-inch submerged tubes, twelve to sixteen torpedoes
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. pp. 42-43.
- ↑ Fisher, "Rough Headings of 6th Lecture", 30 December 1901, in Extracts from Confidential Papers. Mediterranean Fleet, 1899-1902., p. 10, MSS 253/1/2, Box 1/2, Thomas E. Crease MSS, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 429.
- ↑ Bauer and Roberts. Register of Ships. p. 104.
Bibliography
- Bauer, K. Jack and Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenwood Press.
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-715-1. (on Amazon.com).
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
Virginia Class Pre-dreadnought | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899 Order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | Nebraska | Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1900 Order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Jersey | Rhode Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
<– | Maine Class | Battleships (US) | Connecticut Class | –> |