USS Delaware - Dover, DE - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

The plaque says, "The first of the dreadnoughts of the United States Navy, the USS Delaware was laid down on November 11, 1907 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, and was the first battleship to have forced lubrication system for engines.

Main Battery -Ten 12-inch Breech Loading Rifles / Fourteen 5-inch Rapid Fire Guns

Secondary Battery - Two 3-pound Semi-automatic Guns / Two 3-inch Field Guns/ Four 1-pound Semi-automatic Guns / Two 30-Caliber Machine Guns / Two 21-inch Torpedo Tubes Submerged

Displacement - 22,000 tons full load

Length - 518 feet, 9 inches / Beam - 85 feet, 2.5 inches

Laid down - November 11, 1907

Launched - February 6, 1909

Commissioned - April 4, 1910

Decommissioned - November 10, 1923 Stripped of war capability & scrapped - February 5, 1924

Complement - 55 Officers / 872 Enlisted Men

Speed - 21 knots / 4-cylinder triple expansion reciprocating engines / 25,000 horsepower

USS Delaware bell - 888 lbs.

Nameplate - 333 lbs.

The USS Delaware bell and nameplate are on loan from The United States Naval History & Heritage Command. Photographs courtesy of The United States Naval History & Heritage Command."

Group that erected the marker: #VisitDEArchives Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Dover, DE, USA URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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