List of Battleships of The United States Navy - Battleship Classes - Dreadnought Era - Delaware Class

Delaware Class

  • Displacement: 20,380 tons
  • Armament: 10 × 12 in (305 mm) (5x2), 14 × 5 in (127 mm) (14x1), 22 × 3 in (76 mm) (22x1), 2 x 3 pounder (2x1) guns, 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Armor:
  • Speed: 21 knots
  • Ships in class: 2: USS Delaware and USS North Dakota
  • Commissioned: 4 April 1910 (Delaware)
  • Decommissioned: 22 November 1923 (North Dakota)
  • Fate: Delaware scrapped 1924; North Dakota converted to target ship 1924, scrapped 1931

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