Arkansas 1902
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| M7, 1920- BM7 | Arkansas, 3/1909 - Ozark | Newport News | 14/11/1899 | 10/11/1900 | 28/10/1902 | used as submarine tender 1913, sold 1/1922 |
| M8, 1920- BM8 | Nevada (ex-Connecticut), 3/1909 - Tonopah | Bath Iron Wks | 17/4/1899 | 24/11/1900 | 5/3/1903 | used as submarine tender 1913, sold 1/1922 |
| M9, 1920- BM9 | Florida, 7/1908 - Tallahassee | Lewis Nixon, Elizabethport | 23/1/1899 | 30/11/1901 | 18/6/1903 | used as gunnery test ship and submarine tender sold 1922 |
| M10, 1920- BM10 | Wyoming, 1/1909 - Cheyenne | Union Iron Wks, San Francisco | 11/4/1899 | 8/9/1900 | 8/12/1902 | station ship IX4 9/1920 |
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Displacement normal, t |
3225 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
77.8 |
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Breadth, m |
15.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.81 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
BM7: VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers BM8: VTE, 4 Niclausse boilers BM9: VTE, 4 Mosher boilers BM10: VTE, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
12.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 350 |
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Armour, mm |
Harvey steel - belt: 279 - 127, deck: 38, barbette: 279 - 229, turret: 254 - 229, CT: 190 |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 305/40 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 102/40 Mk 7, 3 x 1 - 57/(30 - 50) Mk 1 - 10 |
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Complement |
220 |
Ship project history: These monitors were authorised under the Act of 4/5/1898, intended for harbour defence.
Ship protection: Armour belt had 229mm thickness only at upper edge, where it connected with flat main deck. Thickness of belt at waterline was 203mm but at lower edge and ship ends 127mm. Funnel uptakes were protected by 152mm armour at one level up from main deck.
Modernizations: none.
Naval service: Ozark, Tonopah and Cheyenne were used as submarine tenders from 1913, Tallahassee served as gunnery test ship and submarine tender from August, 1910
Arkansas
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