USS Constitution (CC-5)
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The keel of a Lexington-class battlecruiser, to have been named USS Constitution (CC-5), was laid at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1920, but the class was cancelled in 1923 by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922.
During this period the original Constitution still existed, but was referred to as Old Constitution.
General characteristics
- Displacement: 43,500 tons
- Length: 874 ft (270 m)
- Beam: 105.5 ft (32 m)
- Draft: 31 ft (9 m)
- Primary Armament: 8 x 16 in (406 mm)/50 guns in four twin turrets
- Secondary Armament: 16 x 6 in (152 mm)/53 guns in single mounts (eight per side), 4 x 3 in (76 mm) guns, 8 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo
- Machinery, 180,000 shp (134 MW) General Electric geared turbines with electric drive, 4 screws
- Speed, 35 knots (65 km/h)
- Complement 1500 officers and men