USS Minnesota

USS Minnesota, the fifth of six Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleships, was the first ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 32nd state. She was laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia in October 1903, launched in April 1905, and commissioned into the US fleet in March 1907, just four months after the revolutionary British battleship HMS Dreadnought entered service. Minnesota was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and a secondary battery of twenty 7 and 8 in guns, unlike Dreadnought, which carried an all-big-gun armament that rendered ships like Minnesota obsolescent.

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BB-12; BB-22
length 5476 inch, draft 24.5 foot, 
Connecticut-class battleship, pre-dreadnought battleship, United States Navy, Newport News Shipbuilding, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1903-03-03T00:00:00Z

1903-03-03T00:00:00Z

order

1905-04-08T00:00:00Z

1905-04-08T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1903-10-27T00:00:00Z

1903-10-27T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1907-03-09T00:00:00Z

1907-03-09T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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Frameless

USS Minnesota Trials

Uss minnesota bb

Reuterdahl - Great White Fleet at Sea Dec 07

Minnesota (BB-22) cropped port side view

Minnesota U.S.N. LCCN2014684452

USS Minnesota (BB-22)

Battleship USS MINNESOTA, 1908 (TRANSPORT 790)

USS Minnesota BB-22

111-SC-2986 - U.S.S. Minnesota. - NARA - 55167364

Navy - Gun Practice - 3" gun in action - U.S.S. Minnesota - NARA - 45510705

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
commons	image		USS Minnesota Trials		Commons
commons	image		Uss minnesota bb		Commons
commons	image		Reuterdahl - Great White Fleet at Sea Dec 07		Commons
commons	image		Minnesota (BB-22) cropped port side view		Commons
commons	image		Minnesota U.S.N. LCCN2014684452		Commons
commons	image		USS Minnesota (BB-22)		Commons
commons	image		Battleship USS MINNESOTA, 1908 (TRANSPORT 790)		Commons
commons	image		USS Minnesota BB-22		Commons
commons	image		111-SC-2986 - U.S.S. Minnesota. - NARA - 55167364		Commons
commons	image		Navy - Gun Practice - 3" gun in action - U.S.S. Minnesota - NARA - 45510705		Commons