Virginia-class battleship
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The Virginia class of pre-dreadnought battleships were built for the United States Navy in the early 1900s. The class comprised five ships: Virginia, Nebraska, Georgia, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. T
USS Virginia (BB-13) c. 1910–1913
Plan and profile of the Virginia class
USS Georgia just after launch
New Jersey as completed
Dreadnought
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The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an effect when launched in 1906 that similar battles
The Royal Navy's revolutionary HMS Dreadnought, launched in 1906, gave its name to the type.
USS Texas, the only dreadnought still in existence, was launched in 1912 and is now a museum ship.
12-pounder anti-torpedo boat guns mounted on the roof of a turret on Dreadnought (1906)
King George V (left) inspects HMS Neptune