A compact design, the Vermont class is ideal for dealing with nearby recalcitrant neighbors who have nothing bigger than a small cruiser. The boilers are heated with coal, thus allowing freedom from the wildly unpredictable price of oil. Note the variety of guns; there is one onboard to deal with any target in a proportionate manner. The Vermont's hull is designed with doorless transverse bulkheads; should one compartment experience an unwanted intrusion of water, the other will remain comfortably dry.

Displacement

16,000 tons; 17,666 tons full load.

Dimensions

456 feet oa x 77 feet x 24 feet.

Machinery

2-shaft vertical triple-expansion engines and 12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers producing 16,500 indicated horsepower and a top speed of 18 knots.

Armor

9 inch belt and conning tower; 10 inch barbette; 12 inch turret face; 7 inch secondary battery.

Armament

Four 12-inch 45 caliber guns in twin turrets; eight 8-inch 45 caliber guns in twin turrets; twelve 7-inch 45 caliber and twenty 3-inch 50 caliber guns in the casement.

Complement

880 officers and men.