Editing Florida-class battleship (section)

{{Short description|Dreadnought battleship class of the United States Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image   = USS Florida (BB-30) - NH 60568.jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''Florida'' (BB-30)
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{{Infobox ship class overview
| Name = ''Florida''-class battleship
| Builders =* [[New York Naval Shipyard]]
* [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]]
| Operators = {{navy|United States|1912}}
| Class before = {{sclass|Delaware|battleship|4}}
| Class after = {{sclass|Wyoming|battleship|4}}
| Built range = 1909–1911
| In service range = 1911–1941
| In commission range = 
| Total ships completed = 2
| Total ships lost = 1
| Total ships retired = 1
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship class = 
| Ship type = [[Dreadnought battleship]]
| Ship tonnage = 
| Ship displacement =
* [[Normal displacement|Normal]]: {{cvt|21825|LT|t|lk=on}}
* [[Full load]]: {{cvt|23033|LT|t}}
| Ship length =
* {{cvt|521|ft|6|in|lk=on|1}} ([[length overall|overall]])
* {{cvt|510|ft|1}} ([[Waterline length|waterline]])
| Ship beam = {{cvt|88|ft|3|in|1}}
| Ship height = 
| Ship draft =
* {{cvt|28|ft|6|in|1}} (mean)
* {{cvt|30|ft|1|in|1}} (max)
| Ship depth = 
| Ship hold depth = 
| Ship decks = 
| Ship deck clearance = 
| Ship ramps = 
| Ship power =
* 12 × coal-fired [[superheater|superheating]] [[Babcock & Wilcox]] [[water-tube boiler]]s
* {{cvt|28000|shp|lk=on|0}}
| Ship propulsion =
* 4 × [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] [[steam turbine]]s
* 4 × [[Propeller|screws]]
| Ship speed = {{cvt|21|kn|lk=on|0}}
| Ship range =
*{{cvt|5776|nmi|mi km|0|lk=on}} at {{cvt|10|kn|0}} 
*{{cvt|2760|nmi|mi km|0}} at {{cvt|20|kn|0}}
| Ship endurance = 
| Ship boats = 
| Ship capacity =
*Coal: {{cvt|1667|LT|t|0}} (standard)
*Coal: {{cvt|2520|LT|t|0}} (max)
*Oil: {{cvt|400|LT|t|0|lk=in}}
| Ship complement = 1,001 officers and men
| Ship crew = 
| Ship time to activate = 
| Ship sensors = 
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| Ship armament =
* 10 × [[12"/45-caliber Mark 5 naval gun|{{cvt|12|in|0}}/45-caliber Mark 5 guns]]
* 16 × [[5"/51-caliber gun|{{cvt|5|in|0}}/51 cal guns]]
* 4 × [[QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss#American service|6-pounder {{cvt|57|mm|1}}]] guns
* 2 × [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom#United States|1-pounder {{cvt|37|mm|1}}]] guns
* 2 × [[Bliss-Leavitt torpedo|{{cvt|21|in|0}}]] [[torpedo tubes]]
| Ship armor =
* [[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{cvt|9|-|11|in|0|lk=on}}
* Lower [[casemate#Naval|casemate]]: {{cvt|8|-|10|in|0}}
* Upper casemate: {{cvt|5|in|0}}
* [[Barbette]]s: {{cvt|4|-|10|in|0}}
* [[Gun turret#Warships|Turret]] face: {{cvt|12|in|0}}
* [[Conning tower]]: {{cvt|11.5|in|0}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]s: {{cvt|1.5|in|0}}   
| Ship aircraft = 
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The '''''Florida''-class''' [[battleship]]s of the [[United States Navy]] comprised two ships: {{USS|Florida|BB-30|2}} and {{USS|Utah|BB-31|2}}. Launched in 1910 and 1909 respectively and commissioned in 1911, they were slightly larger than the preceding {{sclass|Delaware|battleship|4}} design but were otherwise very similar. This was the first US battleship class in which all ships received [[steam turbine]] engines. In the previous ''Delaware''-class, {{USS|North Dakota|BB-29|2}} received steam turbine propulsion as an experiment while {{USS|Delaware|BB-28|2}} retained [[Marine steam engine#Vertical|triple-expansion engines]].

Both ships were involved in the 1914 [[United States occupation of Veracruz|Second Battle of Vera Cruz]], deploying their [[USMC|Marine]] contingents as part of the operation. Following the entrance of the United States into [[World War I]] in 1917, both ships were deployed to Europe. ''Florida'' was assigned to the British [[Grand Fleet]] and based in [[Scapa Flow]]; in December 1918 she escorted [[POTUS|President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] to France for the peace negotiations. ''Utah'' was assigned to convoy escort duty; she was based in Ireland and was tasked with protecting convoys as they approached the European continent.

Retained under the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] of 1922, both ships were modernized significantly, with [[torpedo bulge]]s and oil-fired boilers installed and other improvements made, but were demilitarized under terms of the 1930 [[London Naval Treaty]]. ''Florida'' was scrapped, ''Utah'' converted into first a radio-controlled target ship, then an [[anti-aircraft]] gunnery trainer. She served in the latter role until sunk by the Japanese during the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] on 7 December 1941. Her hull became deeply stuck in silt and mud as she sank, and thus was never raised. It remains on the bottom of the harbor as a [[war memorial]].