FIRST -- Dreadnought of the United States Navy - Dover, DE
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N 39° 09.476 W 075° 31.211
18S E 455055 N 4334431
One of many historical markers in Dover, Delaware.
Waymark Code: WM15M79
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2022
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The plaque says, "The first of the dreadnoughts of the United States Navy, the USS Delaware was laid down on November 11, 1907 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, and was the first battleship to have forced lubrication system for engines.
Main Battery -Ten 12-inch Breech Loading Rifles / Fourteen 5-inch Rapid Fire Guns
Secondary Battery - Two 3-pound Semi-automatic Guns / Two 3-inch Field Guns/ Four 1-pound Semi-automatic Guns / Two 30-Caliber Machine Guns / Two 21-inch Torpedo Tubes Submerged
Displacement - 22,000 tons full load
Length - 518 feet, 9 inches / Beam - 85 feet, 2.5 inches
Laid down - November 11, 1907
Launched - February 6, 1909
Commissioned - April 4, 1910
Decommissioned - November 10, 1923 Stripped of war capability & scrapped - February 5, 1924
Complement - 55 Officers / 872 Enlisted Men
Speed - 21 knots / 4-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating engines / 25,000 horsepower
USS Delaware bell - 888 lbs.
Nameplate - 333 lbs.
The USS Delaware bell and nameplate are on loan from The United States Naval History & Heritage Command. Photographs courtesy of The United States Naval History & Heritage Command."
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