Design USS Kentucky (BB-6)

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the kearsarge-class battleships designed used coastal defense. had displacement of 11,540 short tons (10,470 t), overall length of 375 feet 4 inches (114.40 m), beam of 72 feet 3 inches (22.02 m) , draft of 23 feet 6 inches (7.16 m). 2 3-cylinder vertical triple-expansion steam engines , 5 scotch boilers, connected 2 propeller shafts, produced total of 12,179 indicated horsepower (9,082 kw), , gave maximum speed of 16.897 knots (19.445 mph; 31.293 km/h). kentucky manned 40 officers , 514 enlisted men, total of 554 crew.



kentucky s double turret, circa 1900–1901


kentucky, uss kearsarge, had 2 double turrets, 2 13 in (330 mm)/35 caliber guns , 2 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber guns each, stacked on 2 levels. guns , turret armor designed bureau of ordnance, while turret designed bureau of construction , repair. configuration caused guns mounted far in turret, making ports large. admiral william sims claimed result of gun mounting, shell fired port reach magazines below, disabling guns. in addition these guns, kentucky carried fourteen 5 in (127 mm)/40 caliber guns, twenty 6-pounder (57 mm or 2.2 in) guns, 8 1-pounder (37 mm or 1.5 in) guns, 4 .30 in (7.6 mm) machine guns, , 4 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. kentucky had low freeboard, making guns unusable during bad weather.


the ship s waterline armor belt 5–16.5 inches (130–420 mm) thick. main gun turrets protected 15–17 inches (380–430 mm) of armor, while secondary turrets had 6–11 inches (150–280 mm) of armor. barbettes 12.5–15 inches (320–380 mm) thick, , conning tower had 10 inches (250 mm) of armor. ship s armor made of harveyized steel.








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