USS West Virginia (ACR-5)

For other ships with the same name, see USS West Virginia and USS Huntington.

USS Huntington (ACR-5), port view, 1919. Showing cage masts installed 1911 and catapult removed.
History
United States
Name
  • West Virginia (1905–1916)
  • Huntington (1916–1930)
Namesake
Ordered3 March 1899
Awarded24 January 1901
BuilderNewport News Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia
Cost$3,885,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down16 September 1901
Launched18 April 1903
Sponsored byMiss Katherine V. White
Commissioned23 February 1905
Decommissioned1 September 1920
RenamedHuntington, 11 November 1916
ReclassifiedCA-5, 17 July 1920
Stricken12 March 1930
Identification
FateSold for scrap, 30 August 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typePennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement
  • 13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard)
  • 15,138 long tons (15,381 t) (full load)
Length
  • 503 ft 11 in (153.59 m) oa
  • 502 ft (153 m) pp
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 22.15 kn (41.02 km/h; 25.49 mph) (Speed on Trials)
Complement80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 6 in (150 mm) (top & waterline)
  • 5 in (130 mm) (bottom)
  • Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)- 6 in (amidships)
  • 4 in (100 mm) (forward & aft)
  • Barbettes: 6 in
  • Turrets: 6 - 6+1⁄2 in (170 mm)
  • Conning Tower: 9 in (230 mm)
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)[1]
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles
  • 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
General characteristics (Pre-1921 Refit)[2]
Armament
  • 4 × 8 in/45 caliber Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2)
  • 14 × 6 in/50 Mark 6 caliber BL rifles
  • 10 × 3 in/50 caliber rapid-fire guns
  • 2 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns
  • 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried4 × floatplanes (1917)
Aviation facilities1 × Aft catapult (1917)

The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5/CA-5), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

The ship was launched on 18 April 1903 by Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Katherine V. White, and commissioned on 23 February 1905, Captain C. H. Arnold in command.[3]

  1. ^ "Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels". US Naval Department. 1 January 1914. pp. 24–31. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels". US Navy. 1921. p. 50. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Huntington I (Armored Cruiser No. 5)". Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.