Illinois-Class
Last Fire-Tube Boilers - Illinois-class were last US battleships with fire-tube boilers. 2 ships. Improved Kearsarge without superimposed turrets.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 11565 t
- Displacement (full)
- 12250 t
- Length
- 375.3 ft
- Beam
- 72.2 ft
- Crew
- 536
- Ships built
- 2
- Commissioned
- 1900-1901
- Decommissioned
- 1920
Performance
- Top speed
- 16 kn
- Range
- 4190 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 13-inch/35 cal (2× twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 14× 6-inch/40 cal, 16× 6-pounder, 6× 1-pounder
- Torpedoes
- 4× 18-inch tubes
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 16.5
- Deck
- 4
In-Game
- Tier
- T1
- Game power
- 8.77
- Research cost
- 193
- Credit cost
- 6,139
Notable
- Last US Navy ships with fire-tube boilers
- Billy Mitchell bombing target (Alabama)