USS Idaho BB-24

USS Idaho BB-24 is a Mississippi-class battleship that entered active service with the United States Navy on April 1, 1908.

In 1914 it was bought by Greece and renamed Lemnos. In the service of the Hellenic Navy, she was sunk by a German bomber in 1941.

Laid down	12 May 1904
Launched	9 December 1905
Commissioned	1 April 1908
Fate	Sold to Greece, 1914
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Class and type	Mississippi -class battleship
Displacement	Normal: 13,000 long tons (13,209 t) Full load: 14,465 long tons (14,697 t)
Beam	77 ft (23.5 m)
Draft	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Length	382 ft (116.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Installed power	8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 10,000 ihp (7,500 kW)
Crew	744
Speed	17 knots (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Armor	Belt: 9 in (229 mm) Turrets: 12 in (305 mm) Conning tower: 9 in (229 mm)
Armament	4 × 12-inch (305 mm) guns 8 × 8-inch (203 mm) guns 8 × 7-inch (178 mm) guns 12 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns 6 × 3-pounder guns 2 × 1-pounder guns 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

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