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USS Kearsarge – the lead ship of the class
Class overview
Builders	Newport News SB&DD
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	USS Iowa
Succeeded by	Illinois class
Cost	US$5,043,591.68 (Kearsarge) US$4,998,119.43 (Kentucky)
Built	30 June 1896 – 24 March 1898
In commission	20 February 1900 – 29 May 1920
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	11,540 short tons (10,470 t)
Length	375 ft 4 in (114.40 m)
Beam	72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Draft	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Installed power	5 boilers, 11,674–12,179 ihp (8,705–9,082 kW)
Propulsion	2 VTE engines, 2 propeller shafts
Speed	16.8 kn (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	6 cutters, 2 launches, 1 barge, 2 whaleboats, 1 gig, 2 dingies, 2 catamarans
Complement	40 officers and 514 enlisted men
Armament	4 × 13 in (330 mm)/35 cal guns 4 × 8 in (203 mm)/35 cal guns 14 × 5 in (127 mm)/40 cal guns 20 × 6-pounders (57 mm or 2.2 in) 8 × 1-pounders (37 mm or 1.5 in) 4 × .30 in (7.6 mm) machine guns 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 5–16.5 in (127–419 mm) Barbettes: 12.5–15 in (318–381 mm) Turrets (primary): 15–17 in (381–432 mm) Turrets (secondary): 6–11 in (152–279 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)