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Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). General arrangement plan for the main deck, as designed. Copied from Transactions Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Volume 3, 1895. |
Photo # NH 76631, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). Midship section plan, through the conning tower at Frame 33, showing the ships as designed. The arrangement of armor is depicted, along with one 5"/40 broadside gun, an 18-inch above-water torpedo tube, and the steering wheels in both the armored conning tower and the pilothouse. Copied from R. Robinson, Naval Construction, 4th Edition, 1917, page 160-61. |
Photo # NH 76632, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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Very strong wooden launching struts hold up over 11,500 tons of Kearsarge (BB-5) on March 24, 1898, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA. The mast of the Kentucky(BB-6) appears on the other side of the launching platform on this very busy day at Newport News Shipbuilding which saw both battleships slide into the waters of the James River. Both battleships had their keels laid and were launched on the same day. |
USN / USNI photo. |
 | 60k | Kentucky(BB-6) ready for launching at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard, Newport News, Virginia, 24 March 1898. Note chalk marks on her hull plating, indicating the planned location of fittings and gun ports. | USNHC # NH 92506, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). Outboard profile plan, October 1899, showing the ships as built. It includes a wave profile based on trials of Kearsarge at a speed of 17.3 knots. The original plan is in Record Group 45, U.S. National Archives. |
Photo # NH 76628, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). Inboard profile plan, 1899, showing the ships as built. It includes general arrangement of the ammunition hoists that supplied the superimposed 13-inch and 8-inch gun turrets. The original plan is in Record Group 45, U.S. National Archives. |
Photo # NH 76629, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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Kearsarge (BB-5) and Kentucky (BB-6). Armor plan, 1899, showing the distribution of side and turret armor. The original plan # 143-10-31 in Record Group 19, U.S. National Archives. |
Photo # NH 76630, from the collections of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
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