Perhaps I should do a post on the photos thread about Enterprise then.I like how the Enterprise's ultimate fate is that of a museum ship here. Maybe it does take a grim timeline like TL-191 to get it preserved.
Perhaps I should do a post on the photos thread about Enterprise then.I like how the Enterprise's ultimate fate is that of a museum ship here. Maybe it does take a grim timeline like TL-191 to get it preserved.
Thanks! That website you mentioned helps a lot. I’m going to add more once this project of mine is a little more developed.I like it
Would be nice. Doesn’t mean Enterprise has to be the most decorated ship in the navy of course, but having her around as a museum ship as opposed to being scrapped OTL would be an amusing change XPPerhaps I should do a post on the photos thread about Enterprise then.
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Wright (CVL-13) - ex Amsterdam | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | May 1, 1940 | August 22, 1941 | March 1, 1942 | August 8, 1945 | Scuttled off California, 1949. |
USS Princeton (CVL-14) - ex Green Bay | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | June 2, 1940 | October 18, 1941 | February 25, 1942 | Sunk during the Battle of the Charlotte Islands, September 1942. | |
USS Roanoke (CVL-15) - ex Akron | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | August 8, 1940 | December 6, 1941 | March 31, 1942 | September 30, 1945 | Scrapped in 1964. |
USS Lake Erie (CVL-16) - ex Dayton | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | December 17, 1940 | January 17, 1942 | May 28, 1942 | September 2, 1945 | To Alaska as (HIANS Pallada/Паллада), September 1952. |
USS Independence (CVL-17) - ex Wilkes-Barre | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | December 29, 1940 | February 28, 1942 | June 17, 1942 | Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 1943. | |
USS Saint Laurence (CVL-18) - ex Springfield | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | February 28, 1941 | October 24, 1942 | March 10, 1943 | September 1, 1945 | To Australia as HMAS Perth, August 1954. |
USS Bonhomme Richard (CVL-19) - ex Cabot, Rockford | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | March 13, 1942 | April 4, 1943 | August 24, 1943 | December 10, 1968 | Helicopter Assault Carrier, May 1959. BU 1969. |
USS San Jacinto (CVL-20) - ex Kalamazoo | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | August 31, 1942 | August 1, 1943 | November 11, 1943 | January 21, 1952 | To Australia as HMAS Melbourne, August 1954. |
USS Shiloh (CVL-21) - ex Cincinnati | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | October 26, 1942 | September 26, 1943 | January 9, 1944 | December 5, 1968 | Helicopter Assault Carrier, June 1959. BU 1973. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Nassau (CVL-32) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | July 8, 1942 | August 8, 1943 | July 14, 1944 | August 8, 1975 | Communications Relay Ship, August 1961. Scrapped, September 1978. |
USS Oriskany (CVL-33) | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | September 7, 1942 | September 12, 1943 | February 9, 1945 | July 1971 | Helicopter Assault Carrier, August 1959. Sunk as a target, June 1974. |
USS Bermuda (CVL-34) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | September 29, 1942 | October 26, 1943 | March 1, 1945 | October 1960 | Cannibalized for parts, May 1964. |
USS Queen Charlotte Islands (CVL-35) - ex Port Royal | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | August 21, 1942 | September 1, 1943 | August 2, 1944 | May 1976 | Command Ship, March 1961. Scrapped, December 1977. |
CVL-36 - 41 | Order Cancelled, August 1944. |
Woohoo! I like these. I also like the names you gave some of them as well.View attachment 659442
Wright class Light Aircraft Carrier (1942-1944)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 14,751 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x General Electric geared steam turbines
Range: 13,000 nautical miles
Sensors: SK and SC early warning radars
Speed: 31.6 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 16mm
- Deck: 51mm
- Bulkheads: 127mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 16 x 40mm AA guns (8x4)
- 8 x 28mm AA guns (2x4)
- 22 x 20mm AA guns
- 20 F3A Katzenjammer Fighters
- 8 SBD Dauntless Scout Bombers
- 9 TBF Avenger Torpedo Bombers
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Wright (CVL-13)
- ex AmsterdamNew York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey May 1, 1940 August 22, 1941 March 1, 1942 August 8, 1945 Scuttled off California, 1949. USS Princeton (CVL-14)
- ex Green BayTodd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington June 2, 1940 October 18, 1941 February 25, 1942 Sunk during the Battle of the Charlotte Islands, September 1942. USS Roanoke (CVL-15)
- ex AkronTodd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington August 8, 1940 December 6, 1941 March 31, 1942 September 30, 1945 Scrapped in 1964. USS Lake Erie (CVL-16)
- ex DaytonNew York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey December 17, 1940 January 17, 1942 May 28, 1942 September 2, 1945 To Alaska as HIANS Pallada, September 1952. USS Independence (CVL-17)
- ex Wilkes-BarreNew York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey December 29, 1940 February 28, 1942 June 17, 1942 Sunk during the Second Battle of Bermuda, April 1942. USS Saint Laurence (CVL-18)
- ex SpringfieldNew York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey February 28, 1941 October 24, 1942 March 10, 1942 September 1, 1945 To Australia as HMAS Perth, August 1954. USS Bonhomme Richard (CVL-19)
- ex Cabot, RockfordTodd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington March 13, 1942 April 4, 1943 August 24, 1943 December 10, 1968 Aviation Transport, May 1959. BU 1969. USS San Jacinto (CVL-20)
- ex KalamazooTodd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington August 31, 1942 August 1, 1943 November 11, 1943 January 21, 1952 To Australia as HMAS Melbourne, August 1954. USS Shiloh (CVL-21)
- ex CincinnatiNew York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey October 26, 1942 September 26, 1943 January 9, 1944 December 5, 1968 Aviation Transport, June 1959. BU 1973.
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Nassau class Light Aircraft Carrier (1944-1945)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 18,751 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x General Electric geared steam turbines
Range: 13,000 nautical miles
Sensors: SP, SK-2, and SG early warning radars, TDY electronic warfare countermeasure
Speed: 33 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 102mm
- Deck: 64mm
- Bulkheads: 102mm
Aviation Capacity:
- 40 x 40mm AA guns (10x4) and (5x4)
- 32 x 20mm AA guns (16x2)
- 36 F4U Corsair and F7A Bearcat Fighters
- 12 TBF Avenger Torpedo Bombers
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Nassau (CVL-32) New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey July 8, 1942 August 8, 1943 July 14, 1944 August 8, 1975 Communications Relay Ship, August 1961. Scrapped, September 1978. USS Oriskany (CVL-33) Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington September 7, 1942 September 12, 1943 February 9, 1945 July 1971 Aircraft Ferry, August 1959. Sunk as a target, June 1974. USS Bermuda (CVL-34) New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey September 29, 1942 October 26, 1943 March 1, 1945 October 1960 Cannibalized for parts, May 1964. USS Queen Charlotte Islands (CVL-35) New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey August 21, 1942 September 1, 1943 August 2, 1944 May 1976 Command Ship, March 1961. Scrapped, December 1977. CVL-36 - 41 Order Cancelled, August 1944.
So do I! I love the idea of a carrier called HMAS Perth!Woohoo! I like these. I also like the names you gave some of them as well.
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Concord (BC-7) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | October 27, 1937 | June 13, 1940 | April 9, 1941 | April 4, 1948 | Preserved as a museum ship, San Francisco, California, July, 1960. |
USS Brandywine (BC-8) | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | June 14, 1938 | June 1, 1940 | May 15, 1941 | May 1, 1948 | Sold for scrap, June 1960. |
USS Constellation (BC-9) | Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington | September 2, 1938 | June 22, 1940 | July 16, 1941 | April 13, 1948 | Sold for scrap, June 1960. |
Ah yes. When the Alaska Class is truly made into battlecruisers.View attachment 661011
Concord class Battlecruiser (1941)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 44,370 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 4x General Electric geared steam turbines
Range: 17,450 nautical miles
Speed: 30 knots
Aviation Capacity: 3 Vought OS2U Kingfisher, 2 catapults
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 140mm
- Main Turrets: 406mm
- Secondary Turrets: 51mm
- Barbettes 406mm
- Conning Tower: 406mm
- 9 x 14 in guns (3x3)
- 20 x 5 inch/38-caliber guns (10x2)
- 16 x 28mm AA guns (4x4)
- 12 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Concord (BC-7) Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. October 27, 1937 June 13, 1940 April 9, 1941 April 4, 1948 Preserved as a museum ship, San Francisco, California, July, 1960. USS Brandywine (BC-8) Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 14, 1938 June 1, 1940 May 15, 1941 May 1, 1948 Sold for scrap, June 1960. USS Constellation (BC-9) Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co, Tacoma, Washington September 2, 1938 June 22, 1940 July 16, 1941 April 13, 1948 Sold for scrap, June 1960.
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Indiana (BB-1) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | May 7, 1891 | February 28, 1893 | November 11, 1895 | March 1918 | Sunk in Aviation bombing test off Martha's Vineyard, 1921. |
USS Massachusetts (BB-2) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | June 25, 1891 | June 10, 1893 | June 10, 1896 | March 1918 | Sold for scrap, November 1920. |
USS Oregon (BB-3) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | November 19, 1891 | November 26, 1893 | June 15, 1896 | Sunk by shore batteries off Oahu, September 19, 1914. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Iowa (BB-4) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | August 5, 1893 | March 28, 1896 | June 16, 1897 | Sunk during the New York City Raid, September 11, 1914. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Reprisal (BB-5) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | June 30, 1896 | March 24, 1898 | February 20, 1900 | April 1918 | Crane ship, August 1920. |
USS Kearsarge (BB-6) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | June 30, 1896 | March 24, 1898 | May 15, 1900 | May 1918 | Sold for scrap, August, 1921. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Farragut (BBL-7) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | January 2, 1897 | October 4, 1898 | September 17, 1901 | Sunk by Naval Mines near Toronto, October 2, 1914. |
USS Perry (BBL-8) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | December 2, 1896 | May18, 1898 | October 16, 1900 | Sunk by Naval Mines near Toronto, October 2, 1914. |
USS John Paul Jones (BBL-9) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | February 9, 1897 | November 26, 1898 | February 4, 1901 | Sunk by Naval Mines near Isle Royale, November 15, 1914. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Maine (BB-10) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | February 15, 1898 | July 27, 1901 | December 29, 1902 | April 1918 | Sold for scrap, August 1921. |
USS Missouri (BB-11) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | February 7, 1900 | December 28, 1901 | December 1, 1903 | May 1918 | Sold for scrap, August 1921. |
USS Ohio (BB-12) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | April 22, 1899 | May 18, 1901 | October 4, 1904 | April 1918 | Sold for scrap, December 1921. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Illinois (BB-13) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | May 21, 1900 | April 5, 1902 | May 7, 1904 | May 1919 | Sunk in Aviation bombing test off Martha's Vineyard, 1921. |
USS Nebraska (BB-14) | Bath Iron Works, Maine | July 4, 1900 | October 7, 1902 | September 24, 1904 | Sunk during the First Battle of the Virginia Capes, August 22nd, 1915. | |
USS New Jersey (BB-15) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | August 31, 1901 | October 11, 1903 | July 1, 1905 | May 1919 | Sunk in Aviation bombing test off Martha's Vineyard, 1921. |
USS Rhode Island (BB-16) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | May 1, 1900 | May 17, 1902 | January 19, 1904 | January 1919 | Sold for scrap, July 1921. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Connecticut (BB-17) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | March 10, 1903 | September 29, 1904 | September 29, 1906 | April 1919 | Sold for scrap, July 1921. |
USS Wisconsin (BB-18) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | January 2, 1903 | August 27, 1904 | June 2, 1906 | April 1919 | Sold for scrap, July 1921. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Vermont (BB-19) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | May 21, 1904 | August 31, 1905 | March 4, 1907 | March 1919 | Sold for scrap, July 1923 |
USS California (BB-20) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | February 4, 1904 | August 12, 1905 | April 18, 1907 | April 1919 | Sold for scrap, July 1923 |
USS Kansas (BB-21) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | October 27, 1903 | April 8, 1905 | March 9, 1907 | Sunk by naval mines off Oahu, January 8, 1915 | |
USS Maryland (BB-22) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | December 2, 1903 | June 1, 1905 | March 22, 1907 | April 1919 | Sold for scrap, July 1923 |
USS Colorado (BB-25) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. | May 1, 1905 | June 30, 1906 | March 19, 1908 | Sunk during the First Battle of the Virginia Capes, August 22nd, 1915. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Somers (BBL-23) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | May 12, 1904 | September 30, 1905 | January 1, 1908 | August 1917 | Sold to Haiti as Ferrier, August 1918. |
USS Porter (BBL-24) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | May 12, 1904 | December 9, 1905 | April 1, 1908 | August 1917 | Sold to Haiti as Dessalines, August 1918. |
Yes! It’s the pre-dreadnoughts!US Navy Battleships (Part 1)
View attachment 661413
Indiana 1st class Battleship (1895-1896)
Specifications (Following 1908 refit)
Weight: 11,668 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 3,125 nautical miles
Speed: 17 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Main Turrets: 305mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 305mm
- Redoubt: 305mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 8 x 8 inch guns (4x2)
- 12 x 76mm rapid fire guns
- 10 x 57mm rapid fire guns
- 20 x 37mm guns
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Indiana (BB-1) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia May 7, 1891 February 28, 1893 November 11, 1895 March 1918 Sunk in Aviation bombing test off Martha's Vineyard, 1921. USS Massachusetts (BB-2) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia June 25, 1891 June 10, 1893 June 10, 1896 March 1918 Sold for scrap, November 1920. USS Oregon (BB-3) Union Iron Works, San Francisco November 19, 1891 November 26, 1893 June 15, 1896 Sunk by shore batteries off Oahu, September 19, 1914.
View attachment 661507
USS Iowa 1st class Battleship (1897)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 12,647 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 5,100 nautical miles
Speed: 16 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 305mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Main Turrets: 305mm
- Secondary Turrets: 152mm
- Barbettes: 381mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
- Conning Tower: 254mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 8 x 8 inch guns (4x2)
- 10 x 102mm guns
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned FateUSS Iowa (BB-4) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia August 5, 1893 March 28, 1896 June 16, 1897 Sunk during the New York City Raid, September 11, 1914.
View attachment 661508
Reprisal class 1st Class Battleship (1900)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 12,850 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 5,070 nautical miles
Speed: 16 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 419mm
- Main Deck: 127mm
- Main Turrets: 432mm
- Secondary Turrets: 279mm
- Barbettes: 381mm
- Bulkheads: 305mm
- Conning Tower: 254mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 4 x 8 inch guns (2x2)
- 19 x 5 inch guns
- 4 x 57mm rapid fire guns
- 8 x 37mm revolving cannons
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Reprisal (BB-5) New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey June 30, 1896 March 24, 1898 February 20, 1900 April 1918 Crane ship, August 1920. USS Kearsarge (BB-6) New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey June 30, 1896 March 24, 1898 May 15, 1900 May 1918 Sold for scrap, August, 1921.
View attachment 661512
Farragut class Laker Battleship (1900-1901)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 12,250 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 890 nautical miles
Speed: 16 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 419mm
- Main Deck: 127mm
- Turrets: 456mm
- Casemates: 140mm
- Barbettes: 381mm
- Conning Tower: 254mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 16 x 6 inch guns
- 19 x 5 inch guns
- 4 x 76mm rapid fire guns
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned FateUSS Farragut (BBL-7) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia January 2, 1897 October 4, 1898 September 17, 1901 Sunk by Naval Mines near Toronto, October 2, 1914. USS Perry (BBL-8) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia December 2, 1896 May18, 1898 October 16, 1900 Sunk by Naval Mines near Toronto, October 2, 1914. USS John Paul Jones (BBL-9) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia February 9, 1897 November 26, 1898 February 4, 1901 Sunk by Naval Mines near Isle Royale, November 15, 1914.
View attachment 661525
Maine 1st class Battleship (1902-1904)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 13,700 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 6,560 nautical miles
Speed: 18 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 279mm
- Main Deck: 102mm
- Turrets: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Bulkheads: 229mm
- Barbettes: 305mm
- Conning Tower: 254mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 16 x 6 inch guns
- 6 x 76mm rapid fire guns
- 8 x 47mm rapid fire guns
- 6 x 37mm salute guns
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Maine (BB-10) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia February 15, 1898 July 27, 1901 December 29, 1902 April 1918 Sold for scrap, August 1921. USS Missouri (BB-11) Union Iron Works, San Francisco February 7, 1900 December 28, 1901 December 1, 1903 May 1918 Sold for scrap, August 1921. USS Ohio (BB-12) Union Iron Works, San Francisco April 22, 1899 May 18, 1901 October 4, 1904 April 1918 Sold for scrap, December 1921.
View attachment 661526
Illinois 1st class Battleship (1904-1905)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 16,094 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 5,950 nautical miles
Speed: 19 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 279mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Main Turrets: 305mm
- Secondary Turrets: 305mm
- Casemates: 152mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
- Barbettes: 254mm
- Conning Tower: 229mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 8 x 8 in guns (4x2)
- 12 x 6 inch guns
- 12 x 76mm rapid fire guns
- 4 x 533mm underwater torpedo tubes
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Illinois (BB-13) Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts May 21, 1900 April 5, 1902 May 7, 1904 May 1919 Sunk in Aviation bombing test off Martha's Vineyard, 1921. USS Nebraska (BB-14) Bath Iron Works, Maine July 4, 1900 October 7, 1902 September 24, 1904 Sunk during the First Battle of the Virginia Capes, August 22nd, 1915. USS New Jersey (BB-15) Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts August 31, 1901 October 11, 1903 July 1, 1905 May 1919 Sunk in Aviation bombing test off Martha's Vineyard, 1921. USS Rhode Island (BB-16) Union Iron Works, San Francisco May 1, 1900 May 17, 1902 January 19, 1904 January 1919 Sold for scrap, July 1921.
View attachment 661529
Connecticut 1st class Battleship (1906)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 17,666 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 6,620 nautical miles
Speed: 18 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 279mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Main Turrets: 254mm
- Secondary Turrets: 165mm
- Casemates: 178mm
- Bulkheads: 152mm
- Barbettes: 254mm
- Conning Tower: 229mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 8 x 8 in guns (4x2)
- 20 x 76mm rapid fire guns
- 4 x 47mm salute guns
- 4 x 533mm underwater torpedo tubes
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Connecticut (BB-17) Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. March 10, 1903 September 29, 1904 September 29, 1906 April 1919 Sold for scrap, July 1921. USS Wisconsin (BB-18) Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. January 2, 1903 August 27, 1904 June 2, 1906 April 1919 Sold for scrap, July 1921.
View attachment 661530
Vermont 1st class Battleship (1907-1908)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 17,666 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 7,590 nautical miles
Speed: 18 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 229mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Main Turrets: 305mm
- Secondary Turrets: 165mm
- Casemates: 178mm
- Barbettes: 254mm
- Conning Tower: 229mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 8 x 8 in guns (4x2)
- 12 x 178mm guns
- 20 x 76mm rapid fire guns
- 2 x 47mm salute guns
- 4 x 533mm underwater torpedo tubes
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Vermont (BB-19) Union Iron Works, San Francisco May 21, 1904 August 31, 1905 March 4, 1907 March 1919 Sold for scrap, July 1923 USS California (BB-20) Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts February 4, 1904 August 12, 1905 April 18, 1907 April 1919 Sold for scrap, July 1923 USS Kansas (BB-21) Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. October 27, 1903 April 8, 1905 March 9, 1907 Sunk by naval mines off Oahu, January 8, 1915 USS Maryland (BB-22) Union Iron Works, San Francisco December 2, 1903 June 1, 1905 March 22, 1907 April 1919 Sold for scrap, July 1923 USS Colorado (BB-25) Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City. May 1, 1905 June 30, 1906 March 19, 1908 Sunk during the First Battle of the Virginia Capes, August 22nd, 1915.
View attachment 661532
Somers class Laker Battleship (1908)
Specifications (Following 1909 refit)
Weight: 14,465 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x vertical turbine engines
Range: 1,500 nautical miles
Speed: 17 knots
Armor:
Armament:
- Belt: 229mm
- Main Deck: 76mm
- Main Turrets: 305mm
- Secondary Turrets: 165mm
- Casemates: 178mm
- Barbettes: 254mm
- Conning Tower: 229mm
- 4 x 12 in guns (2x2)
- 8 x 8 in guns (4x2)
- 8 x 178mm guns
- 12 x 76mm rapid fire guns
- 6 x 47mm rapid fire guns
- 2 x salute guns
- 4 x 533mm underwater torpedo tubes
Ship Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned FateUSS Somers (BBL-23) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia May 12, 1904 September 30, 1905 January 1, 1908 August 1917 Sold to Haiti as Ferrier, August 1918. USS Porter (BBL-24) William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia May 12, 1904 December 9, 1905 April 1, 1908 August 1917 Sold to Haiti as Dessalines, August 1918.
Dreadnoughts and Super-Battleships are coming upYes! It’s the pre-dreadnoughts!
What are you going to do for them?Dreadnoughts and Super-Battleships are coming up
They did in my headcanon, but they were referred to as the P-16 and the P-24 respectively.Did they have P-26 Peashooters those pre-GW2 aircraft and Curtiss P-36 Hawk Fighter Planes.
hmmmm USS Buchanan been disguised as a Confederate Destroyer in a TL-191 Operation Chariot equivalent where the US Rangers had to make sure the Confederate dry dock rendered inoperable for the rest of the warThey did in my headcanon, but they were referred to as the P-16 and the P-24 respectively.
I'd imagine that for the raid, they would've use an old flush deck destroyer (ala either the Caldwell, Wickes, or Clemson classes) and made the necessary modification to make it look like a Confederate destroyer.hmmmm USS Buchanan been disguised as a Confederate Destroyer in a TL-191 Operation Chariot equivalent where the US Rangers had to make sure the Confederate dry dock rendered inoperable for the rest of the war
I'd imagine that for the raid, they would've use an old flush deck destroyer (ala either the Caldwell, Wickes, or Clemson classes) and made the necessary modification to make it look like a Confederate destroyer.
I will mention this, that the USN ITTL wouldn't have used the name Buchanan for their destroyers as the OTL namesake was of a Confederate Admiral during the War of Secession.
Hmmm, what would be a good location ITTL for a port to be raided on a daring mission?the Raid Complement Consist of 3 US Destroyers 1 modified US Destroyer rigged with explosives and dozens of PT-Boats and Squadrons of USAF Fighters when a lead destroyer had a Confederate Flag as a disguise while they had to go on the the Confederate dry dock if they Confederates had a Louis Joubert Lock stand-in. i can expect the Confderate Spotlighter like hey thats an old signal Yankees open fire and the coastal defenses been open fire as the lead destroyer remove the Confederate Flag and raising the US Flag while the US Rangers had to brace themselves as the ships been embark the Rangers on the port.
Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida. would been a ST Nazaire Stand-inHmmm, what would be a good location ITTL for a port to be raided on a daring mission?
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Michigan (BB-26) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | December 18, 1906 | August 11, 1908 | March 1, 1910 | June 1918 | Sold for scrap, November 1921 |
USS West Virginia (BB-27) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | May 26, 1906 | December 17, 1908 | January 4, 1910 | May 1918 | Sold for scrap, November 1921 |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Congress (BB-28) | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | November 11, 1907 | February 6, 1909 | April 4, 1910 | Sunk by naval mines in the Gulf of Maine, December 21, 1915. | |
USS Montana (BB-29) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | December 16, 1907 | November 10, 1909 | April 11, 1910 | July 1931 | Gunnery Training Ship, July 17, 1921. Sold for scrap, September 1, 1931. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USS Bonhomme Richard (BB-30) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City | March 9, 1908 | May 12, 1909 | September 15, 1910 | July 1930 | Sold for scrap, July 1930 |
USS Hancock (BB-31) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | March 15, 1908 | December 23, 1909 | January 2, 1911 | July 1930 | Sold for scrap, July 1930 |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Wyoming (BB-32) | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | February 9, 1910 | May 25, 1911 | September 25, 1912 | September 1947 | Gunnery Training Ship, July 6, 1931. Sold for scrap, August 1948. |
USS Utah (BB-33) | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | January 5, 1910 | January 14, 1911 | September 17, 1912 | October 1934 | Depot ship, November 1934. Sunk as blockship near New York City, September 1941. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS New York (BB-34) | Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City | September 11, 1911 | October 30, 1912 | April 15, 1913/January 2, 1941 | April 1936/May 9, 1948 | Sunk as a target near the Sandwich Islands, June 2, 1948 |
USS Delaware (BB-35) | Union Iron Works, San Francisco | April 17, 1911 | May 18, 1912 | March 12, 1913/June 9, 1941 | December 1935/April 12, 1946 | Sold for scrap, October 7, 1947. |
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Intrepid (BBF-1) - ex Rivadavia | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | May 25, 1910 | August 26, 1911 | November 12, 1914 | May 1919 | Sold to Brazil as Rio De Janeiro, May 1919 |
USS Ranger (BBF-2) - ex Moreno | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey | August 9, 1910 | September 23, 1911 | January 4, 1915 | May 1919 | Sold to Brazil as Brasil, May 1919 |