U.S. Battleship Georgia (BB 15)

Built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Keel laid 8/31/01, Commissioned 9/24/06
Capt. R. G. Davenport commanding

Complement of 812 Officers and Men

Technical Data From: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS, VOL. I, 1959, 1964,
Navy Department, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Naval History Division, Washington, DC. pp 189-199

Act of 3 March 1899:".... The President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract three seagoing coast line battle ships, carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class upon a trial displacement of about thirteen thousand five hundred tons, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding three million six hundred thousand dollars each..."

The ships built under this act were U.S. Battleship Virginia, U.S. Battleship Nebraska (ex Pennsylvania), and the U.S. Battleship Georgia.

OVERALL SPECIFICATIONS

Designed Complement: Officers: 40; Enlisted: 772

Length Overall: 441'3 "
Extreme Beam: 76'3"
Normal Displacement: Tons: 14,948; Mean Draft: 23'9"

Designed Speed: 19
Designed Indicated Horsepower: 19,000
Engines: Manufacturer: Bath

Type: Vert. 3-Exp. Recip.
Boilers: Manufacturer: Niclausse
Fuel (coal): Tons: 1925

ARMAMENT

Main

• 4) 12"/40
• (8) 8"/45
• (12) 6"/50

Secondary

• (12) 3"/50
• (12) 3 pdr.
• (8) .30 cal.
• Torpedo Tubes: (4) 21" submerged
• Armor: Max. Thickness: 12"

The US Battleship Georgia was commissioned in 1906 and stricken and decommissioned in 1920.