“Louisiana (BB-19)” ( eng. USS Louisiana (BB-19) ) is the second Connecticut-type battleship squadron, the 19th rank one battleship of the US Navy . The third ship, named after Louisiana .
| Louisiana (BB-19) | |
|---|---|
| USS Louisiana (BB-19) | |
 USS Louisiana (BB-19) | |
| Service | |
 USA | |
| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | Armadillo |
| Manufacturer | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company , Newport News |
| Construction started | February 7, 1903 |
| Launched | August 27, 1904 |
| Commissioned | June 2, 1906 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | decommissioned on October 20, 1920 |
| Status | Cut to metal |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 16 000 t |
| Length | 139.09 m maximum |
| Width | 23.42 m |
| Draft | 7.47 m |
| Reservation | Krupp armor belt: 152-279 mm top belt: 178 mm GK barbets: 152-254 mm turrets GK: 305 (lower) mm SK towers: 152 mm SC casemates: 178 mm commander’s cabin: 229 mm deck: 76 mm |
| Engines | 12 Babcock-Wilcox boilers two 3- cylinder steam engines |
| Power | 18 600 l. with. |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Speed | 18 knots maximum |
| Crew | 847 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 2 - 305 mm / 45 4 × 2 - 203 mm / 45 12 × 1 - 178 mm / 45 20 × 76 mm 2 × 1 lb |
| Mine torpedo armament | 4 × 533 mm submarine TA |
Laid on February 7, 1903 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Newport News , Virginia . Launched on August 27, 1904, Miss Juanita Laland became the godmother of the ship. Put into operation on June 2, 1906, Albert R. Kuden was appointed the first commander.
Service History
Pre-War Service
World War I
From May 1914 to June 1916, the ship was commanded by George Franklin Cooper.
Returning from the Gulf of Mexico to Norfolk , Louisiana was transferred to the reserve. When the United States entered World War I, the ship served as a training ship for naval cadets, making summer training cruises. During the war, "Louisiana" served as a training vessel on which trained artillery, making trips along the Atlantic coast of the United States until September 25, 1918. The battleship "Louisiana" participated in the escort of convoys to Halifax , Nova Scotia ( Canada ). After the end of World War I on December 24, 1918, Louisiana, as a military transport, made four campaigns in Brest , France , to transport troops to the United States.
Postwar fate
After the last trip from Brest, Louisiana arrived at the Philadelphia War Shipyard, where it was decommissioned on October 20, 1920. On November 1, 1923, the battleship was sold for scrap. The ship's bell has been preserved and is on display at the City Park in Baton Rouge , Louisiana.
Literature
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- Babcock & Wilcox Company. Forged Steel Water-tube Marine Boilers . - 1st issue, 2nd. - New York: Babcock & Wilcox, 1914.
- Chesneau, Roger. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860–1905 / Roger Chesneau, Eugène M. Koleśnik, NJM Campbell. - London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. - ISBN 0-85177-133-5 .
- Friedman, Norman. US Battleships, An Illustrated Design History. - Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985 .-- ISBN 0-87021-715-1 .
- Reilly, John C. American Battleships 1886–1923: Predreadnought Design and Construction / John C. Reilly, Robert L. Scheina. - Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1980. - ISBN 0-87021-524-8 .