USS West Virginia (ACR-5)

	USS Huntington (ACR-5), port view, 1919. Showing cage masts installed 1911 and catapult removed.
History
United States
Name	West Virginia (1905–1916); Huntington (1916–1930);
Namesake	State of West Virginia; City of Huntington, West Virginia;
Ordered	3 March 1899
Awarded	24 January 1901
Builder	Newport News Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$3,885,000 (contract price of hull and machinery)
Laid down	16 September 1901
Launched	18 April 1903
Sponsored by	Miss Katherine V. White
Commissioned	23 February 1905
Decommissioned	1 September 1920
Renamed	Huntington, 11 November 1916
Reclassified	CA-5, 17 July 1920
Stricken	12 March 1930
Identification	Hull symbol: ACR-5; Hull symbol: CA-5;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 August 1930
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser
Displacement	13,680 long tons (13,900 t) (standard); 15,138 long tons (15,381 t) (full load);
Length	503 ft 11 in (153.59 m) oa; 502 ft (153 m) pp;
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	24 ft 1 in (7.34 m) (mean)
Installed power	16 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers; 23,000 ihp (17,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 × vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines; 2 × screws;
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph); 22.15 kn (41.02 km/h; 25.49 mph) (Speed on Trials);
Complement	80 officers 745 enlisted 64 Marines
Armament	4 × 8 in (203 mm)/40 caliber Mark 5 breech-loading (BL) rifles(2×2); 14 × 6 in (152 mm)/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles; 18 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal rapid-fire guns; 12 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) Driggs-Schroeder guns; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 6 in (150 mm) (top & waterline); 5 in (130 mm) (bottom); Deck: 1+1⁄2 in (38 mm)- 6 in (amidships); 4 in (100 mm) (forward & aft); Barbettes: 6 in; Turrets: 6 - 6+1⁄2 in (170 mm); Conning Tower: 9 in (230 mm);
General characteristics (Pre-1911 Refit)
Armament	4 × 8 in/45 cal Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2); 14 × 6 in/50 cal Mark 6 BL rifles; 18 × 3 in/50 cal rapid-fire guns; 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns; 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes;
General characteristics (Pre-1921 Refit)
Armament	4 × 8 in/45 caliber Mark 6 BL rifles (2×2); 14 × 6 in/50 Mark 6 caliber BL rifles; 10 × 3 in/50 caliber rapid-fire guns; 2 × 3 in/50 caliber anti-aircraft guns; 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm) Driggs-Schroeder saluting guns; 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	4 × floatplanes (1917)
Aviation facilities	1 × Aft catapult (1917)

The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5/CA-5), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser.

The ship was launched on 18 April 1903 by Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Katherine V. White, and commissioned on 23 February 1905, Captain C. H. Arnold in command.

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