Question
The construction of these vessels in the US began earlier than their British counterparts, but due to budgetary issues, they were not commissioned until 1910. For 10 points each:
[10e] Identify these battleships named after a prototypical 1906 British vessel. These ships’ “all-big-gun” design and other innovations made previous battleships obsolete and accelerated the early 20th-century naval arms race.
ANSWER: dreadnoughts [accept HMS Dreadnought]
[10h] Despite being of five different classes, 13 American battleships ordered between 1911 and 1916 compose this “type,” which was characterized by “All or Nothing” armor schemes to allow them to function as a single line.
ANSWER: Standard Type Battleships
[10m] The battleships that were supposed to replace the Standard Type battleships were canceled after this 1922 arms reduction conference, which set the US and Royal Navies equal to each other in battleship tonnage.
ANSWER: Washington Naval Conference
<GT, American History>
Summary
2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 33% | 33% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
George Washington A | George Washington B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
Johns Hopkins | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Georgetown | Maryland B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |