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Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Naval Institute Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. Gibbons, Tony (1983). The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers - A Technical Directory of all the World's Capital Ships from 1860 to the Present Day. London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd. p. 272. ISBN 0-517-37810-8.
Pages in category "World War I battleships of the United States" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
World War I battleships of the United States (54 P) C. World War I cruisers of the United States (1 C, 42 P) D. World War I destroyers of the United States (121 P) M.
Pages in category "World War I naval ships" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
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Naval warfare in World War I was mainly characterised by blockade. The Allied powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, largely succeeded in their blockade of Germany and the other Central Powers, whilst the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade, or to establish an effective counter blockade with submarines and commerce raiders, were eventually unsuccessful.
Battleships Bouvet (mined and sunk on March 18, 1915, 660 men killed) Charlemagne; Gaulois; Henri IV; Jauréguiberry; Masséna (hulk scuttled off Cape Helles in November 1915) Saint Louis; Suffren; Cruisers Jeanne d'Arc; Latouche-Tréville; Submarines Bernoulli; Joule (mined and sunk on May 1, 31 men killed) Mariotte (scuttled on July 27)
Five of the ten ships used the established vertical triple expansion (VTE) propulsion rather than faster direct-drive turbines, used by the British which had higher fuel consumption. The ships had 8 (South Carolina class), 10 (Delaware and Florida) or 12 (Wyoming class) 12-inch guns, or 10 (New York class) 14-inch (356 mm) guns. The ...