USS Kentucky (BB-6)
USS Kentucky BB-6 was a battleship of the United States Navy, which fell into the Kearsarge class. Along with the BB-5 Kearsarge, she was left alone in this class.
The main mission was to protect the coast and it was designed for this. In fact, this ship never took part in any fierce combat. After she was withdrawn from active service, she served as a training ship.
technical parameters USS Kentucky (BB-6)
| Name | Kentucky |
| Builder | Newport News SB&DD |
| Ordered | 2 March 1895 |
| Laid down | 30 June 1896 |
| Launched | 24 March 1898 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1900 |
| Decommissioned | 29 May 1920 |
| Stricken | 27 May 1922 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 24 March 1923 |
| Class and type | Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Identification | BB-6 |
| Beam | 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m) |
| Lenght | 375 ft 4 in (114.40 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
| Displacement | 11,540 short tons (10,470 t) |
| Installed power | 5 boilers, 12,179 ihp (9,082 kW) |
| Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
| Propulsion | 2 VTE engines, 2 propeller shafts |
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| Complement | 60 officers and 514 enlisted men |
USS Kentucky (BB-6)
