USS Tennessee ACR10

The Tennessee-class cruisers were four armored cruisers built for the United States Navy between 1903 and 1906. Their main armament of four 10-inch (254 mm) guns in twin turrets was the heaviest carried by any American armored cruiser. (USS Maine, which had been designated an armored cruiser when laid down, had also carried four 10-inch (254 mm) guns, but was rerated a "second-class battleship" before her commission.) Their armor was thinner than that of the six Pennsylvanias which immediately preceded them, a controversial but inevitable decision due to newly imposed congressional restraints on tonnage for armored cruisers and the need for them to be able to steam at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph). However, the fact their armor covered a wider area of the ship than in the Pennsylvanias and their increased firepower caused them to be seen by the Navy as an improvement.
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  • Tennessee (1903-1916)
  • Memphis (1916)
Namesake:
Ordered: 1 July 1902
Awarded: 9 February 1903
Builder: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost: $4,035,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down: 20 June 1903
Launched: 3 December 1904
Sponsored by: Miss Annie K. Frazier
Commissioned: 17 July 1906
Renamed: Memphis, 25 May 1916
Struck: 17 December 1917
Identification: Hull symbol: ACR-10
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The original tags, title and description are incorrect. The image is of USS Tennessee, class leader of which USS North Carolina was one. Tags/titles/description changed
 

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