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U.S.S. KEARSARGE (BB-5) (1898) -- U.S. Navy For Sale
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U.S.S. KEARSARGE (BB-5) (1898) -- U.S. Navy:
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U.S.S. KEARSARGE (BB-5)
She was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the U.S. Navy and lead ship of her class of battleships. She was the only battleship for the U.S. Navy not named after a state.
Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Co of Virginia on 30 June 1896. She was launched on 24 March 1898.
Between 1903 and 1907 she served in the N. Atlantic Fleet and from 1907-1909 she sailed as npart of the Great White Fleet. In 1909 she was decommissioned for modernizzation which was finished in 1911. In 1915 she served in the Atlantic and between 1916 and 1919 she served as a training ship. She was converted into a crane ship in 1920, renamed CRANE SHIP NO. 1 and sold for scrap in 1955.
She was a 11,540 short tons and length of 375.4\' and beam of 72.3\' and draft of 23.6\'. 2 propeller shafts, 17 knots.Complement of 40 officers and 514 enlisted men.
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