====== Delaware Class Battleships ======
The Delaware-class battleships of the United States Navy were its first true "[[Dreadnoughts]]", carrying a battery of ten 12-inch guns in five turrets, and capable of exceeding 20 knots. The two ships of the class were launched in 1908 and 1909; the [[USS Delaware]] and the [[USS New York]]. 

They were significantly more powerful than their predecessors, the Congress not having limited their size when authorizing construction, with two more 12-inch guns, a secondary battery of 5-inch guns instead of 3-inch types, and 2.5 knots more speed. As an experiment, the ships had different powerplants, with the Delaware getting a triple-expansion reciprocating engine, while North Dakota was fitted with a Curtiss turbine engine, initially a direct drive design, later replaced with a geared turbine.

With the moratorium for the building of capital ships in place, both ships received upgrades during the years preceding the [[Global War]]. Both ships were sunk during the War. 

====== Ships ======

[[USS Delaware]]

[[USS North Dakota]]



====== General Characteristics ======

Displacement: 20,380 tons Length: 518.9 feet Beam: 85.3 feet Draft: 27.4 feet Speed: 21 knots Armament: ten 12-inch(5x2), 12 five-inch, two 21-inch torpedo tubes.