USS Missouri (BB-11)

USS Missouri (BB-11) lying at anchor in 1912
History
United States
Name	Missouri
Namesake	State of Missouri
Ordered	4 May 1898
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down	7 February 1900
Launched	28 December 1901
Commissioned	1 December 1903
Decommissioned	8 September 1919
Stricken	1 July 1921
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Maine-class battleship
Displacement	Normal: 12,362 long tons (12,560 t) Full load: 13,700 long tons (13,900 t)
Length	393 ft 10 in (120.04 m)
Beam	72 ft 3 in (22.02 m)
Draft	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Installed power	12 × Thornycroft boilers 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	561 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 12 in (305 mm)/40 caliber guns 16 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 guns 8 × 3-pounders (47 mm (1.9 in)) 6 × 1-pounders (37 mm (1.5 in)) 4 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 8 to 11 in (203 to 279 mm) Turrets: 12 in (305 mm) Casemates: 6 in (152 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)

USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship, was the second ship of her class and of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state. Missouri was laid down in February 1900 at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, was launched in December 1901, and was commissioned into the fleet in December 1903. She was armed with a main battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns and could steam at a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).

Missouri spent her entire career in the Atlantic with the North Atlantic Fleet, later renamed the Atlantic Fleet. In late 1907, she and the rest of the Atlantic Fleet circumnavigated the globe as the so-called Great White Fleet, which ended in February 1909. The ship was decommissioned in 1910, with periodic reactivations for summer training cruises over the followed six years. After America entered World War I in April 1917, Missouri was brought back into service to train personnel for the expanding wartime Navy. She served briefly as a troopship in 1919, carrying American soldiers back from France, before being decommissioned in September that year. Ultimately, she was sold for scrapping in January 1922.