USS Kearsarge (hull number: BB-5), was the name ship of the Kearsarge class of pre-dreadnought battleships built during the 1890 for the United States Navy. Instead of being named after a state, she was named in honor of the Civil War-era Kearsarge, a sloop-of-war that sank CSS Alabama in the Battle of Cherbourg, being the only United States Navy battleship to deviate from the established naming conventions.
USS Kearsarge (hull number: BB-5), was the name ship of the Kearsarge class of pre-dreadnought battleships built during the 1890 for the United States Navy. Instead of being named after a state, she was named in honor of the Civil War-era Kearsarge, a sloop-of-war that sank CSS Alabama in the Battle of Cherbourg, being the only United States Navy battleship to deviate from the established naming conventions.
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