USS Vermont (BB-20)

USS Vermont (BB-20) is a battleship that entered active service in the United States Army in March 1907. Its parameters fall into the class of ships Connecticut, as well as USS Louisiana (BB-19).

This ship began her service with the Atlantic Fleet, but in 1908 she joined the Great White Fleet on a voyage around the world.

Builder	Fore River Shipyard
Name	Vermont
Laid down	21 May 1904
Launched	31 August 1905
Commissioned	4 March 1907
Decommissioned	30 June 1920
Stricken	10 November 1923
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 November 1923
Class and type	Connecticut-class battleship
Length	456 ft 4 in (139.09 m)
Beam	76 ft 10 in (23.42 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Displacement	Normal: 16,000 long tons (16,000 t) Full load: 17,666 long tons (17,949 t)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Installed power	12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 16,500 ihp (12,300 kW)
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	827 officers and men
Armor	Belt: 6–11 in (152–279 mm) Barbettes: 6–10 in (152–254 mm) Turret Main: 8–12 in (203–305 mm) Turret secondary: 7 in (178 mm) Conning tower: 9 in (229 mm)
Armament	4 × 12 in (305 mm)/45 caliber Mark 5 guns 8 × 8 in (203 mm)/45 caliber guns 12 × 7 in (178 mm)/45 caliber guns 20 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 12 × 3-pounder guns 4 × 1-pounder guns 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

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