USS Missouri (BB-11)

Missouri lying at anchor in 1912
History
United States
Name:	Missouri
Namesake:	State of Missouri
Ordered:	4 May 1898
Builder:	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down:	7 February 1900
Launched:	28 December 1901
Sponsored by:	Edson Galludet
Commissioned:	1 December 1903
Decommissioned:	8 September 1919
Struck:	1 July 1921
Fate:	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type:	Maine-class battleship
Displacement:	Normal: 12,362 long tons (12,560 t) Full load: 13,700 long tons (13,900 t)
Length:	393 ft 10 in (120.04 m)
Beam:	72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Draft:	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Installed power:	16,000 ihp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × 4-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating 12 × Thornycroft boilers
Speed:	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement:	561 officers and enlisted
Armament:	4 × 12 in (305 mm)/40 caliber guns 16 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 guns 8 × 3-pounders (47 mm (1.9 in)) 6 × 1-pounders (37 mm (1.5 in)) 2 × submerged 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Belt: 8 to 11 in (200 to 280 mm) Turrets: 12 in (300 mm) Casemates: 6 in (150 mm) (forward) Conning tower: 10 in (250 mm)

USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship, was the second ship both of her class and of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state. Missouri was laid down in February 1900 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, was launched in December 1901, and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1903. She was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and could steam at a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

Missouri spent her entire career in the Atlantic with the North Atlantic Fleet, later renamed the Atlantic Fleet. In late 1907, she and the rest of the Atlantic Fleet circumnavigated the globe as the so-called Great White Fleet, which ended in February 1909. The ship was decommissioned in 1910, with periodic reactivations for summer training cruises over the followed six years. After America entered World War I in April 1917, Missouri was brought back into service to train personnel for the expanding wartime Navy. She served briefly as a troopship in 1919, carrying American soldiers back from France, before being decommissioned in September that year. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in January 1922.

Missouri was 393 feet 11 inches (120.07 m) long overall and had a beam of 72 ft 3 in (22.02 m) and a draft of 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m). She displaced 12,362 long tons (12,560 t) as designed and up to 13,700 long tons (13,900 t) at full load. The ship was powered by two-shaft triple-expansion steam engines rated at 16,000 indicated horsepower (12,000 kW) and twelve coal-fired Thornycroft boilers, generating a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). As built, she was fitted with heavy military masts, but these were quickly replaced by cage masts in 1909. She had a crew of 561 officers and enlisted men, which increased to 779–813.