USS Tennessee (ACR-10)

USS Tennessee (ACR-10), at anchor c. 1907
History
United States
Name
  • Tennessee (1903–1916)
  • Memphis (1916)
Namesake
Ordered1 July 1902
Awarded9 February 1903
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Cost$4,035,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Yard number322
Laid down20 June 1903
Launched3 December 1904
Sponsored byMiss Annie K. Frazier
Commissioned17 July 1906
RenamedMemphis, 25 May 1916
Stricken17 December 1917
IdentificationHull symbol: ACR-10
Fate
  • Wrecked, 29 August 1916
  • Sold for scrap, 17 January 1922
General characteristics
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+12 in (22.212 m)
Draft25 ft (7.6 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 22.16 knots (41.04 km/h; 25.50 mph) (Speed on Trial)
Complement83 officers, 804 enlisted, 64 marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 5 in (13 cm)
  • Deck: 1+12–4 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)

The second USS Tennessee (ACR-10), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 10", and later renamed Memphis, was a United States Navy armored cruiser, the lead ship of her class.