Harvey armor was a type of steel naval armor developed in the early 1890s in which the front surfaces of the plates were case hardened. The method for...
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Ironclad warship (redirect from Armored corvette)
An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result...
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Illinois-class battleship (section Armor)
battleships to feature dated technologies like fire-tube boilers and Harvey armor. They were armed with a main battery of four 13-inch (330 mm) guns in...
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Composite armour (redirect from Composite armor)
different metallurgical properties through their thickness (for example Harvey armor) was prohibitively expensive or too technically challenging. Teak was...
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Maine-class battleship (section Armor)
first American battleships to incorporate Krupp cemented armor, which was stronger than Harvey armor; smokeless powder, which allowed for higher-velocity...
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Naval armour (redirect from Ship armor)
increasingly complex arrangements with variable alloys. Case-hardened Harvey armor was the first major development, followed by chromium alloyed and specially...
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development, case-hardened steel armor—first Harvey armor and then crucially Krupp armor. The higher tensile strength of these armors compared to nickel steel...
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class, were armored with iron and steel compound armor. This was soon replaced with more effective case-hardened steel armor made using the Harvey process...
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"Harvey" or "Harvey Smith", term for the V sign Harvey armor, a type of naval armour Harvey F.C., a soccer team from Harvey, Illinois, USA Harvey mannequin...
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USS Texas (1892) (section Armor)
performance of the boat built for the Maine. The main waterline belt, made of Harvey armor, had a maximum thickness of 12 inches and tapered to 6 inches (152 mm)...
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Cementation process Crucible steel Harvey armor (also known as Harveyized steel), an early application of carburizing Hayward A. Harvey, a pioneer in the development...
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USS Iowa (BB-4) (section Armor)
would also be saved by the adoption of Harvey armor, which was significantly more effective than compound armor; a thinner belt could thus be used to achieve...
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the Kwantung Leased Territory. One of the first ships to use Harvey nickel-steel armor and Popov radios, she displaced 11,854 long tons (12,044 t) at...
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Mississippi-class battleship (section Armor)
that 5.75-inch (146 mm) of Krupp armor was equal to 7.75-inch (197 mm) of Harvey armor, 12-inch (300 mm) of compound armor, and 12-inch (300 mm) of wrought...
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Compound armor gave way to much stronger Harvey armor developed in the United States in 1890, which was in turn superseded by the German Krupp armor in 1894...
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velocity (and thus penetrating power), Krupp cemented armor that was stronger than Harvey armor used on earlier vessels, and water-tube boilers that provided...
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anchorage. Peresvet's waterline armor belt consisted of Harvey armor and was 4–9 inches (102–229 mm) thick. The Krupp cemented armor of her gun turrets had a...
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Arkansas-class monitor (section Armor)
$400 a ton for armor, a price that was too low to purchase Krupp Steel. In June the Navy would instead outfit the ships with Harvey armor instead, which...
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USS Olympia (C-6) (section Armor)
However, delays in the delivery of components, including the new Harvey steel armor, slowed completion. The last one-pounder gun was not delivered until...
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velocity (and thus penetrating power), Krupp cemented armor that was stronger than Harvey armor used on earlier vessels, and water-tube boilers that provided...
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USS Maine (1890) (category Armored cruisers of the United States Navy)
long-range vessels, with only limited armor protection, were needed. The advent of lightweight armor, such as Harvey steel, made this transformation possible...
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Charles Frémont Jr., in command. The total cost for the hull, machinery, armor and armament was $1,508,881.84. So that her name could be used for a new...
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New Orleans-class cruiser (1896) (section Armor)
and four .30-cal. (7.62 mm) Maxim machine guns. Harvey armor was used on these ships. The armored deck was 3+1⁄2 in (89 mm) on the sloped sides and...
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known for inventing the Harvey process for case hardening the front surface of steel armor plate. The resulting Harvey armor was widely used on armoured...
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California, on 8 December 1902. The total cost for the hull, machinery, armor and armament was $1,624,270.59. In 1909, the ship was renamed Cheyenne to...
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HDMS Skjold (1896) (section Armor)
development of nickel-steel alloys that led to Harvey armor. That year, the navy requested funding for a new armored coastal defense ship of around 3,500 long...
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Russian cruiser Rossia (section Armor)
(46 km/h; 29 mph). Rossia used newly developed Harvey armor which saved considerable weight over the steel armor used by Rurik for the same amount of protection...
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including a more effective armor layout (the result of using Harvey armor to reduce the thickness but not the effectiveness of armor) and a heavier secondary...
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had the same hull as Sissoi Veliky, protected with the newly developed Harvey armor. She was also the first Russian battleship to use electric power instead...
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velocity (and thus penetrating power), Krupp cemented armor that was stronger than Harvey armor used on earlier vessels, and water-tube boilers that provided...
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