USS Kearsarge (BB-5)

Kearsarge in 1899
History
United States
Name:	USS Kearsarge
Namesake:	USS Kearsarge (1861)
Awarded:	2 January 1896
Builder:	Newport News SB&DD
Cost:	US$5,043,591.68
Laid down:	30 June 1896
Launched:	24 March 1898
Sponsored by:	Wife of Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow
Commissioned:	20 February 1900
Decommissioned:	4 September 1909
Identification:	Hull symbol: BB-5
Recommissioned:	23 June 1915
Decommissioned:	10 May 1920
Renamed:	Crane Ship No. 1, 6 November 1941
Reclassified:	IX-16, 17 July 1920; AB-1, 5 August 1920
Struck:	22 June 1955
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 9 August 1955
Notes:	Only US Battleship not named after a State
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kearsarge-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	11,540 short tons (10,470 t)
Length:	375 ft 4 in (114.40 m)
Beam:	72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Draft:	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Installed power:	5 boilers, 11,674 ihp (8,705 kW)
Propulsion:	2 VTE engines, 2 propeller shafts
Speed:	17 kn (20 mph; 31 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	6 cutters, 2 launches, 1 barge, 2 whaleboats, 1 gig, 2 dinghies, 2 catamarans
Complement:	40 officers and 514 enlisted men
Armament:	4 × 13 in (330 mm)/35 caliber guns 4 × 8 in (203 mm)/35 caliber guns 14 × 5 in (127 mm)/40 caliber guns 20 × 6-pounders (57 mm or 2.2 in) 8 × 1-pounders (37 mm or 1.5 in) 4 × .30 in (7.6 mm) machine guns 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 5–16.5 in (127–419 mm) Barbettes: 12.5–15 in (318–381 mm) Turrets (primary): 15–17 in (381–432 mm) Turrets (secondary): 6–11 in (152–279 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)

USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of pre-dreadnought battleships, was a United States Navy ship, named after the sloop-of-war Kearsarge. Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Virginia, on 30 June 1896. She was launched on 24 March 1898, sponsored by the wife of Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, and commissioned on 20 February 1900.

Between 1903 and 1907 Kearsarge served in the North Atlantic Fleet, and from 1907 to 1909 she sailed as part of the Great White Fleet. In 1909 she was decommissioned for modernization, 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 in 1941, and sold for scrap in 1955.

The Kearsarge-class battleships were designed to be used for coastal defense. They had a displacement of 11,540 short tons (10,470 t), an overall length of 375 feet 4 inches (114.40 m), a beam of 72 feet 3 inches (22.02 m) and a draft of 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m). The two 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines and five Scotch boilers, connected to two propeller shafts, produced a total of 11,674 indicated horsepower (8,705 kW), and gave a maximum speed of 16.816 knots (19.352 mph; 31.143 km/h).Kearsarge was manned by 40 officers and 514 enlisted men, a total of 554 crew.

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