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Last Address Mauch Chunk, PA
Date of Passing Sep 06, 1954
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After he was retired he was a member of the US NAVY GENERAL BOARD until JULY 1944. At which time he became the 1st DIRECTOR OF NAVAL HISTORY when one day later he was assigned to the board of inquiry into the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1906-1910, USS Kansas (BB-21)
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Connecticut Class Battleship: Displacement 16,000 Tons, Dimensions, 456' 4" (oa) x 76' 10" x 26' 9" (Max). Armament 4 x 12"/45 8 x 8"/45, 12 x 7"/45 20 x 3"/50, 4 21" tt. Armor, 9" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 9" Conning Tower. Machinery, 16,500 HP; 2 vertical, triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 18 Knots, Crew 881.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., February 10 1904. Launched August 12 1905. Commissioned April 17 1907. Decommissioned December 16 1921. Stricken November 10 1923.
Fate: Broken up for scrap at the Philadelphia Naval Ship Yard in 1924.
