USS Washington (ACR-11)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Washington and USS Seattle.

USS Washington (ACR-11) off Seattle, Washington, with the Olympic Mountains in the distance, 1908.
History
United States
Name
  • Washington (1903–1916)
  • Seattle (1916–1946)
Namesake
Ordered1 July 1902
Awarded10 February 1903
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Cost$4,035,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down23 September 1903
Launched18 March 1905
Sponsored byMiss Helen Stewart Wilson
Commissioned7 August 1906
Decommissioned28 June 1946
RenamedSeattle, 9 November 1916
Reclassified
  • CA-11, 17 July 1920
  • "Unclassified", 1 July 1931
  • IX-39, 17 February 1941
Stricken19 July 1946
Identification
FateSold for scrap 3 December 1946
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Class and typeTennessee-class armored cruiser
Displacement
  • 14,500 long tons (14,733 t) (standard)
  • 15,712 long tons (15,964 t) (full load)
Length
  • 504 ft 5 in (153.75 m) oa
  • 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam72 ft 10+1⁄2 in (22.212 m)
Draft25 ft (7.6 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 22.27 knots (41.24 km/h; 25.63 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement83 officers 804 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 5 in (13 cm)
  • Deck: 1+1⁄2–4 in (38–102 mm) (amidships)
  • 3 in (76 mm) (forward & aft)
  • Barbettes: 4–7 in (100–180 mm)
  • Turrets: 5–9 in (130–230 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 9 in (230 mm)
General characteristics (1921)[2]
Armament
  • 4 × 10 in (250 mm)/40 caliber Mark 3 breech-loading rifles (2×2)
  • 16 × 6 in (150 mm)/50 caliber Mark 8 breech-loading rifles
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 4 × 21 in (530 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
General characteristics (1935)[3]
Armament
  • 4 × 10 in (250 mm)/40 caliber Mark 3 breech-loading rifles (2×2)
  • 4 × 6 in (150 mm)/50 caliber Mark 8 breech-loading rifles (on board) (12 × in reserve)
  • 12 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns (in reserve)
  • 2 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns (in reserve)
  • 4 × 21 in (530 mm) submerged torpedo tubes

The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launched on 18 March 1905, sponsored by Miss Helen Stewart Wilson, daughter of United States Senator John L. Wilson of Washington state, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 7 August 1906, Captain James D. Adams in command.[4]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels, 1921-". US Naval Department. 1 July 1921. p. 50. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 July 1935. p. 231. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Washington". Naval History and Heritage Command. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.