The Delaware class was the second class of American dreadnoughts, two battleships named Delaware and North Dakota, launched in 1909. Congress waived the 16,000 long ton limit on capital ships for this class, so they became the first in United States naval history to exceed 20,000 long tons, and they carried ten 12-inch guns in five turrets. The ships were given different machinery as an experiment: Delaware, built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, received triple-expansion reciprocating engines, while North Dakota was fitted with Curtiss direct-drive steam turbines. Delaware was broken up for scrap in 1924 under the Washington Naval Treaty and North Dakota was scrapped in 1931 under the London Naval Treaty.
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The battleship Delaware, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., was one of two sister ships, the other being the North Dakota.
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The Delaware-class battleships of the United States Navy were the second class of American dreadnoughts
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The battleship Delaware, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., was one of two sister ships, the other being the North Dakota.
Design, commissioning
authorized in June, 1906 and commissioned April 4, 1910
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The battleship Delaware, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., was one of two sister ships, the other being the North Dakota.
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The battleship Delaware, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., was one of two sister ships, the other being the North Dakota.
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Fate
North Dakota survived until 1931, when she too was scrapped, under the terms of the 1930 London Naval Treaty.
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North Dakota was fitted with Curtiss direct drive steam turbine engines
Propulsion, boiler rooms
steam lines ran from the boiler rooms amidships around the ammunition magazine for Number 3 turret to the engine room
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