Photo of battleship USS Kearsarge (BB-5). The Kearsarge was built at Newport News, VA. Launched 1898. First commissioned 1900. One of the first battlseships ever built with one turret on top of another. Cost, about $4,500,000.00. Refitted in 1909-1
Categories: Ships and Submarines
 
 
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