16 battleships were powered by horizontal tube boilers powering triple expansion reciprocating engines. All were twin screw. They are as follows:-
| Displacement | 11,540 tons |
| Length | 375.3 feet |
| Beam | 72.3 feet |
| Draught | 23.5 feet |
| Speed | 16.0 knots |
| Crew | 553 |
| Armament | 4 X 13 inch guns; 14 X 5 inch guns; 20 X 6 pounders; 8 X 1 pounders; 4 X .30 calibre machine guns; 4 X 18 inch torpedo tubes |
| Kearsarge (BB-5) | |
| Completed | 15/2/1900 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Made a heavy lift crane ship 1920. Scrapped 1956. |
| Kentucky (BB-6) | |
| Completed | 15/6/1900 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Scrapped 1924 |
| Displacement | 11,565 tons |
| Length | 368.0 feet |
| Beam | 72.2 feet |
| Draught | 23.5 feet |
| Speed | 16.0 knots |
| Crew | 660 |
| Armament | 4 X 13 inch guns; 14 X 6 inch guns; 16 X 6 pounders; 4 X .30 calibre machine guns |
| Illinois (BB-7) | |
| Completed | 15/9/1900 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Loaned to New York for Naval Militia 1921. Scrapped 1956. |
| Wisconsin (BB-9) | |
| Completed | 2/2/1901 Union Iron Works, San Francisco. |
| Disposition | Transferred to Army & sunk by bombing off NC 1923. |
| Displacement | 13,500 tons |
| Length | 393.9 feet |
| Beam | 72.2 feet |
| Draught | 25.7 feet |
| Speed | 18.2 knots |
| Crew | 561 |
| Armament | 4 X 12 inch guns; 16 X 6 inch guns; 6 X 3 inch guns; 8 X 3 pounders; 4 X .30 calibre machine guns; 4 X 18 inch torpedo tubes |
| Missouri (BB-11) | |
| Completed | 12/01/1903 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| Ohio (BB-12) | |
| Completed | 4/10/1903 Union Iron Works, San Francisco |
| Disposition | Scrapped 1924 |
| Displacement | 14,948 tons |
| Length | 441.3 feet |
| Beam | 76.3 feet |
| Draught | 23.8 feet |
| Speed | 19.0 knots |
| Crew | 916 |
| Armament | 4 X 12 inch guns; 8 X 8 inch guns; 12 X 6” guns; 4 X 1 pounders; 4 X .30 calibre machine guns; 4 X 21 inch torpedo tubes |
| Virginia (BB-13) | |
| Completed | 7/5/1906 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Transferred to the Army & sunk by bombing off NC 1923 |
| Nebraska (BB-14) | |
| Completed | 1/7/1907 Moran Bros, Seattle, Washington |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| Georgia (BB-15) | |
| Completed | 24/9/1906 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| New Jersey (BB-16) | |
| Completed | 12/5/1906 Fore River Shipbuilding Co, Quincy, MT |
| Disposition | Transferred to the Army & sunk by bombing off NC |
| Rhode Island (BB-17) | |
| Completed | 19/2/1906 Fore River Shipbuilding Co, Quincy, MT |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| Displacement | 16,000 tons |
| Length | 456.3 feet |
| Beam | 76.8 feet |
| Draught | 24.5 feet |
| Speed | 18.0 knots |
| Crew | 827 |
| Armament | 4 X 12 inch guns; 8 X 8 inch guns; 12 X 3 pounders; 4 X 1 pounders; 2 X .30 calibre machine guns; 4 X 21 inch torpedo tubes |
| Connecticut (BB-18) | |
| Completed | 29/9/04 New York Navy Yard |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty |
| Louisiana (BB-19) | |
| Completed | 2/6/1906 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| Vermont (BB-20) | |
| Completed | 4/3/1907 Fore River Shipbuilding Co, Quincey Mt |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| Kansas (BB-21) | |
| Completed | 18/7/1907 New York Shipbuilding Corp |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
| Minnesota (BB-22) | |
| Completed | 9/3/1907 Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co |
| Disposition | Scrapped IAW Washington Treaty 1923 |
The battleships were accompanied by the following auxiliary ships, when they departed from San Francisco.
Culgoa – Store ship
Built 1899 by J. L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, UK
Displacement: 3325 tons: Length 346.3 feet: Beam 43 feet: Draught 21.8 feet: Speed 18 knots: Crew 122. Sold 1922
Yankton – Tender
Built 1893 by Ramage & Fergusson, Leith, Scotland
Displacement: 1975 tons: Length 185 feet: Beam 27.6 feet: Draught 13.1 feet: Speed 14 knots: Crew 78. Scrapped 1930
Glacier – Store ship
Built as Port Chalmers J. L. Thompson & Sons, Sunderland, UK 1891 for the Federal Line, London. Acquired by US Navy 1898.
Displacement 8325 tons: Length 388.6 feet: Beam 46.1 feet: Draught 25.3 feet: Speed 12.3 knots: Crew 98. Scrapped 1922
Relief – Hospital Ship
Built by Delaware River Shipbuilding Co, Chester PA, as John Englis.
Acquired by US Navy 1902.
Sold to Merchant Service 1919.
Panther – Repair Ship
Built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA for Red D Line Shipping Co.
Acquired by US Navy 1898
Displacement 4260 tons: Length 324.3 feet: Beam 40.5 feet: Draught 18.2 feet:
Speed 14 knots: Crew 138. Scrapped 1923