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USS Louisiana (BB-19)

USS Louisiana (BB-19) is a battleship that entered service with the United States Navy in June 1906. Its parameters rank in the Connecticut class and most of its active service operated on the east coast of the United States and also in the Caribbean.

Technical parameters USS Louisiana (BB-19)

Name USS Louisiana
Class and type Connecticut-class battleship
Laid down 7 February 1903
Launched 27 August 1904
Builder Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Commissioned 2 June 1906
Decommissioned 20 October 1920
Stricken 10 November 1923
Fate Sold 1 November 1923 and broken up for scrap
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)
Complement 827 officers and men
Speed 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
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

USS Louisiana (BB-19)

Uss louisiana bb 19