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Fechteler, Augustus Francis, RADM USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Paderborn, Prussia
Last Address Hampton Roads, VA
Date of Passing May 26, 1921
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
South Carolina Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 452' 9" (oa) x 80' 3" x 27' 1" (Max). Armament 8 x 12"/45 22 x 3"/50, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 12" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 IHP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18.5 Knots, Crew 869.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, PA., December 18 1906. Launched July 11 1908. Commissioned March 1 1910. Decommissioned December 15 1921. Stricken November 10 1923.
Fate: Sold April 24 1924 and broken up for scrap.