USS Maine (ACR-1), the first ship of the
United States Navy to be named for the state of
Maine, was a 6682-ton second-class
pre-dreadnought battleship originally designated as Armored Cruiser #1. Maine and
Texas were unusual in that their armament was mounted en echelon, projected off to either side (Maine's forward turret was off to starboard and her aft turret to port; the arrangement was reversed on Texas). This severely limited their ability to fire on a broadside. Maine was the stronger of the two ships, but inferior in every way to the later
Indiana-class coastal battleships and subsequent ships.
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