bb-05_kearsarge

KEARSARGE (BB-5)

Length Overall: 375'4"
Extreme Beam: 72'3"
Normal Displacement: Tons: 11,540
Mean Draft: 23'6"
Designed Complement: Off.: 40
Enl.: 518
Armament:
Main:
(4) 13"/35
(4) 8"/35
(14) 5"/40
Secondary:
(20) 6 pdr.
(8) 1 pdr.
(4) .30 cal.
Torpedo Tubes: (4) 18" surface
1905-6
Main:
(4) 13"/35
(4) 8"/35
(14) 5"/40
Secondary:
(20) 6 pdr.
(8) 1 pdr.
(4) .30 cal.
Torpedo Tubes: (1) 18" surface
1908
Main:
(4) 13"/35
(4) 8"/35
(14) 5"/40
Secondary:
(20) 6 pdr.
(8) 1 pdr.
(4) .30 cal.
1912
Main:
(4) 13"/35
(4) 8"/35
(18) 5"/40
Secondary:
(20) 6 pdr.
(8) 1 pdr.
(4) .30 cal.
1917
Main:
(4) 13"/35
(4) 8"/35
(8) 5"/40
Secondary:
(20) 6 pdr.
(8) 1 pdr.
(4) .30 cal.
1918-19
Main:
(4) 13"/35
(4) 8"/35
(8) 5"/40
(2) 3"/50 AA
Secondary:
(20) 6 pdr.
(8) 1 pdr.
(4) .30 cal.
1920
None (disarmed)
Armor (Harveyized): Belt: 16 1/2"
Turrets: 17"
Deck: 5" (aft)
Conning Tower: 10"
Designed Speed: 16
Designed Indicated Horsepower: 10,000
Engines: Manufacturer: NN
Type: Vert. 3-Exp. Recip.
No.: 2
Screws: 2
Boilers: Manufacturer: NN
Type: FT
No.: 5
Fuel (coal) : Tons : 1591
class. KEARSARGE


The second KEARSARGE, named by act of Congress to commemorate the famed steam sloop-of-war, was launched 24 March 1898 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Va.; sponsored by Mrs. Herbert Winslow, daughter-in-law of KEARSARGE's