Editing Florida-class battleship (section)

==== Other weapons ====
[[File:Starboard forward 5 inch gun battery USS Utah (BB-31) LOC ggbain 10757.jpg|thumb|Starboard forward battery of 5"/51-caliber guns on ''Utah'']]

C&R proposed {{convert|6|in|adj=on|0}} secondary guns for these ships, protected by {{cvt|6.5|in|0}} [[casemate]] armor. This would have been the only change from the protective scheme carried over from the ''Delaware'' class. However, a new 5-inch/51-caliber gun was adopted instead after concerns about inadequate splinter protection for secondary gun casemates and smoke uptakes led to an increase in armor.{{sfn|Friedman|1985|pp=71–72}} Sixteen of these weapons were fitted in individual casemates.<ref name="USN Florida class" /> These guns fired a {{cvt|50|lb|0}} armor-piercing (AP) shell at a muzzle velocity of {{cvt|3150|ft/s|0}} and a rate of 8 to 9 rounds per minute. The guns could depress to −10&nbsp;degrees and elevate to 15&nbsp;degrees. The guns were manually operated, and had a range of train of about 150&nbsp;degrees in either direction.<ref name="Navweaps5" />

''Florida'' and ''Utah'' received two [[3"/23-caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|adj=on|0}}/23-caliber guns]] in 1917 for anti-aircraft (AA) defense. This was increased to eight guns between 1926 and 1928. These guns fired a {{cvt|16.5|lb|0}} shell at a muzzle velocity of {{cvt|1650|ft/s|0}} to a maximum range of {{cvt|8800|yd|0}} and ceiling of {{cvt|18000|ft|0}} at an elevation of 75 degrees and a rate of between eight and nine rounds per minute.{{sfn|Breyer|p=201}}<ref name="NavWeaps AA"/>

The ships were also armed with two {{convert|21|in|adj=on|0}} submerged torpedo tubes. The tubes were mounted one on each [[Broadside (naval)|broadside]]. The torpedoes were {{cvt|16.4|ft|m|0}} long and carried a {{cvt|200|lb|0}} warhead. They had a range of {{cvt|4000|yd|0}} and traveled at a speed of {{cvt|26|kn|0}}.<ref name="NavweapsTorp" />