Maine_class_battleship Maine_class_battleship

Maine class battleship - Definition

The USS Maine The USS Maine underway
General Characteristics
Displacement:12,500 light, 13,500 full
Length:394 ft overall, 388 feet waterline
Beam:72.3 ft
Draft:24.3 ft mean, 26 ft max
Speed:18 knots
Complement:1,017 officers and men
Armament:4 x 12-inch guns, 16 x 6-inch guns, 6 x 3-inch guns, 8 x 3-pounders, 6 x 1-pounders, 3 x .30-caliber machine guns, 2 x 18-inch submerged torpedo tubes

The Maine class of battleships were launched around the dawn of the 20th century, including three ships: The Maine, Missouri, and Ohio.

Example Usage of battleship

richardposey: I'm losing it. I just watched "The battleship Potemkin" without it being required for a film history class. #movies
pingkwa: anyone realised that the final fight scene in Bodyguards & Assassins paid homage to battleship Potemkin's stairs sequence?
NorthWiz: Utmanar Frida på battleship - nu! #fb
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