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Six '''''Connecticut'' class battleships''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] between 1906 and 1908.


[[Category:Ship Class]]
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|[[New York Navy Yard]]
|10 Mar, 1903
|29 Sep, 1904
|29 Sep, 1906
|Sold 1923
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| {{US-Louisiana}}
|[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]
|7 Feb, 1903
|27 Aug, 1904
|2 Jun, 1906
|Sold 1923
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| {{US-Vermont}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River]]
|21 May, 1904
|31 Aug, 1905
|4 Mar, 1907
|Sold 1923
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| {{US-Kansas}}
|[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]]
|10 Feb, 1904
|12 Aug, 1905
|18 Apr, 1907
|Sold 1923
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| {{US-Minnesota}}
|[[Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company|Newport News]]
|27 Oct, 1903
|8 Apr, 1905
|9 Mar, 1907
|Sold 1924
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| {{US-NewHampshire}}
|[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]]
|1 May, 1905
|30 Jun, 1906
|19 Mar, 1908
|Sold 1923
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==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}}
 
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==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut-class_battleship}}
{{refend}}
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{ARTS1903}}
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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
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

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. pp. 86-91.
  2. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. viii.
  3. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 86.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 86.
  5. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. pp. 86-7.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 87.
  7. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 88.
  8. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1903. p. 88.
  9. ↑ 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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1902 Order
  Connecticut Louisiana  
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