USS Kansas BB-21
USS Kansas (BB-21) is a Kansas-class battleship that entered service with the United States Navy on April 18, 1907. Almost immediately after entering service, the USS Kansas joined the Great White Fleet on its voyage around the world. After that, the ship actively participated in the suppression of the Mexican Revolution, and with the beginning of the First World War, served mainly for training purposes for the crew.
Technical parameters USS Kansas BB-21
| Ordered | 3 March 1903 |
| Namesake | State of Kansas |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 10 February 1904 |
| Launched | 12 August 1905 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1907 |
| Decommissioned | 16 December 1921 |
| Stricken | 10 November 1923 |
| Fate | Broken up, 1924 |
| 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) |
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| Installed power | 12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 16,500 ihp (12,300 kW) |
| Complement | 827 officers and men |
| Speed | 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
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USS Kansas BB-21
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