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| USS New Hampshire (BB-25) | |
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| Ship image | USS New Hampshire (BB-25) underway, circa 1910.jpg |
| Ship caption | USS New Hampshire underway, circa 1910 |
| Ship country | United States |
| Ship name | USS New Hampshire |
| Ship namesake | State of New Hampshire |
| Ship ordered | 1 July 1902 |
| Ship builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Ship laid down | 1 May 1905 |
| Ship launched | 30 June 1906 |
| Ship sponsor | Miss Hazel E. McLane |
| Ship commissioned | 19 March 1908 |
| Ship decommissioned | 21 May 1921 |
| Ship struck | 10 November 1923 |
| Ship fate | Sold for scrap, 1 November 1923 |
| Ship class | Connecticut-class battleship |
| Ship displacement | 16,000 long tons (16,257 t) |
| Ship length | 456.3 ft (139.1 m) |
| Ship beam | 76.9 ft (23.4 m) |
| Ship draft | 24.5 ft (7.5 m) |
| Ship propulsion | Vertical triple-expansion engines, 12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 shafts |
| Ship speed | 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Ship complement | 827 officers and men |
| Ship armament | 4 × 12-inch/45 caliber guns, 8 × 8-inch/45 caliber guns, 12 × 7-inch/45 caliber guns, 20 × 3-inch/50 caliber guns, 12 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns, 4 × 1-pounder (37 mm) guns, 4 × .30 caliber M1903 rifles, 4 × 21-inch torpedo tubes |
| Ship armor | Belt: 6–11 in (152–279 mm), Barbettes: 6–10 in (152–254 mm), Turret face: 12 in (305 mm), Conning tower: 9 in (229 mm), Deck: 1.5–3 in (38–76 mm) |
USS New Hampshire (BB-25) was a Connecticut-class battleship of the United States Navy, the third ship to bear the name of the State of New Hampshire. Commissioned in 1908, she served as a front-line unit in the Atlantic Fleet and later the Pacific Fleet during a period of significant naval expansion. Her career included service as a gunnery training ship during World War I and participation in the historic Great White Fleet's circumnavigation of the globe.
The design of the Connecticut-class battleship represented the culmination of pre-dreadnought battleship development for the United States Navy. *New Hampshire* displaced 16,000 long tons and was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines fed by twelve Babcock & Wilcox boilers, driving two shafts for a top speed of 18 knots. Her main battery consisted of four 12-inch/45 caliber guns mounted in two twin gun turrets, supported by a heavy secondary armament of eight 8-inch/45 caliber guns in four twin turrets and twelve 7-inch/45 caliber guns in casemates. Defensive armor included a main belt armor up to 11 inches thick, with her conning tower protected by 9 inches of Harvey armor.
*New Hampshire*'s construction was authorized by the United States Congress and her keel was laid down on 1 May 1905 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yard in Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 30 June 1906, sponsored by Miss Hazel E. McLane, daughter of Governor of New Hampshire John McLane. Following fitting out, the battleship was commissioned into the United States Navy on 19 March 1908 under the command of Captain Cameron Winslow.
After sea trials and shakedown, *New Hampshire* joined the Atlantic Fleet and departed Hampton Roads in December 1908 as part of the Great White Fleet's return leg from its global cruise. She subsequently operated along the East Coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea, participating in annual fleet exercises and making port calls to nations like Cuba and France. In 1914, she was transferred to the Pacific Fleet, based at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Following the American entry into World War I, she was assigned as a gunnery training ship for naval militia and Naval Reserve forces off Tompkinsville, New York. In 1919, she made two voyages to Brest, France, to repatriate American soldiers as part of the Cruiser and Transport Force.
*New Hampshire* completed her final troopship mission and was decommissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 21 May 1921. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 10 November 1923. In compliance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited naval armaments, the battleship was sold for scrap on 1 November 1923 to the Hilbert Brothers company of New York City.
Category:Connecticut-class battleships Category:Ships built in Camden, New Jersey Category:1906 ships