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[SAMWolf]

Specifications of the U.S.S. Maine

Two armored turrets each armed with two 10 inch guns, firing 500 pound projectiles, nine mile range

Six 6-inch guns in casemates, eight one-pounder guns

Four Gatling guns, two 14-inch torpedo tubes

Four-foot-high by 180-foot-long armor belt below water line

Ship 324 foot long, 57 foot wide, 6,683 tons displacement

Ram on bow, double hull, watertight bulkheads

Reciprocating steam engines 9,000 horsepower, speed 17 knots

Manned by 31 officers and 343 enlisted men,

Cost: $2,500,000

[WaterDragon]

Good evening, snippy. Looks like a no-smoking zone in that photo!