| Texas / San Marcos | The Texas was based on a foreign design which sacrificed speed for firepower. |
| Maine | The Maine was an enlarged version of the Brazilian Riachuelo, and was built with barque rigging. Her celebrated sinking led directly to the Spanish American war. |
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BB1 Indiana BB2 Massachusetts BB3 Oregon / IX22 |
The Indianas were intended as coastal defence battleships, and as such had a low freeboard, which made them poor seaboats. |
| BB4 Iowa | The Iowa was the first US seagoing battleship. |
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BB5 Kearsage / AB15 BB6 Kentucky |
The Kearsages featured better protection than their predecessors. They also introduced superimposed turrets. Intended to save weight, this feature caused blast damage as the turrets had to be aimed together. |
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BB8 Alabama BB7 Illinois / IX15 / Prairie State BB9 Wisconsin |
The Ilinois class were based on the Kearsages, with an increased secondary armament. |
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BB10 Maine BB11 Missouri BB12 Ohio |
The Maines were improved versions of the Illinois class. |
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BB15 Georgia BB14 Nebraska BB16 New Jersey BB17 Rhode Island BB13 Virginia |
The Virginias reintroduced the superimposed turrets for the last time, which led to heavy rolling. |
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BB18 Connecticut BB21 Kansas BB19 Louisiana BB22 Minnesota BB25 New Hampshire BB20 Vermont |
The Connecticuts were the best US predreadnoughts, with improved armour, seakeeping and firepower. But their completion after HMS Dreadnought meant that they were as obsolete as every other predreadnought. |
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BB24 Idaho BB23 Mississippi |
The Mississippis were smaller editions of the Connecticuts, intended as a cost saving measure. Both were soon sold to Greece, and sunk in WW2. |
Last altered : 11th May 1999
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