Data Quality86%
01 / Overview
Kearsarge-class battleship
Category
Country
Production
1900–1900
Quantity
2
Unit Price (current)
$194.8M↗ 3779% inflation · 1896→2025
Original Price
$5.0M (1896)
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
BATTLESHIPS · PRE-WWI / INDUSTRIAL AGE
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PERFORMANCE/PRICE
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UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$194.8M
Original: $5.0M (1896)
Inflation: +%3779
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the battleships category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎Identification8MOD.8
- Hull ClassificationBB-5
- Ship Typepre-dreadnought battleship
- Builder / ShipyardNewport News Shipbuilding
- Laid Down1896
- Launched1898
- Commissioned1900
- Ships in Class2
- In ServiceYes
◈Displacement2MOD.2
- Light Displacement11,540 t
- Full Load Displacement12,850 t
▣Dimensions5MOD.5
- Length (overall)114 m
- Length (waterline)114 m
- Beam22 m
- Draft7.16 m
- Freeboard1.5 m
◇Complement1MOD.1
- Total Complement554
◆Propulsion7MOD.7
- PropulsionSteam Turbine
- Arrangement (CODAG/COGAG…)2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 5 × Scotch marine boilers
- Number of Engines5
- Shaft Power7,457 kW
- Shafts / Screws2
- Top Speed16.8 kn
- Range5,316
▤Gun Armament4MOD.4
- Main Gun4 × 13-inch/35 caliber guns
- Main Gun Calibre330 mm
- Main Gun Count4
- Secondary Guns4 × 8-inch/35 caliber guns; 14 × 5-inch/40 caliber guns
⬢Missile Armament1MOD.1
▲Underwater Warfare4MOD.4
- Torpedo Tubes4
- ASW CapabilityYes
- Hull-Mounted SonarNo
- Towed Array SonarNo
◎Aviation3MOD.3
◈Sensors & Combat Systems4MOD.4
- Phased-Array RadarNo
- Combat Systemmanual fire control
- Aegis / EquivalentNo
- Electronic WarfareNo
▣Survivability5MOD.5
- CBRN CitadelYes
- DegaussingNo
- Hull Materialsteel
- Stealth ShapingNo
- Automated Damage ControlYes
◇Fleet Status2MOD.2
- Completed2
- Retired2
◆Armour3MOD.3
- Armourharveyized steel belt, barbettes, turrets; 4-16.5in belt, 15-17in main turrets, 6-11in secondary turrets, 10in conning tower, 2.75-5in deck
- Belt Armour406 mm
- Deck Armour127 mm
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANRetired
- 1899First deployment: Boxer Rebellion
- 1900Production started
- 1912Entered service
126
years in service
0
years in production
2
units produced
0
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country no longer actively operates it. 1 countries retired it.
05 / MASS Score
Not enough weapon data to rank this category.
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
ⓘ Rankings are within theBattleshipscategory.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE5terms
Anti-Submarine Warfare. Capability to detect, track, and engage submarines.
Automated Damage Control is a shipboard system that detects, assesses, and mitigates combat damage on aircraft carriers using sensors and software to enhance response speed and reduce crew workload.
A defensive system on fleet aircraft carriers designed to detect, protect against, and mitigate chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.
Cruise missiles designed to strike land targets from naval platforms, typically launched from ships or submarines.
A mechanical device that converts steam pressure into rotational energy, used to drive shipboard generators or propulsion systems.
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