Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	October 1908
Launched:	September 1909
Commissioned SMS:	May 1911
Commissioned USS:	7 April 1920
Decommissioned:	20 September 1920
Fate:	sunk as bombing target 21 July 1921
Stricken:
General characteristics
Displacement:	24,500 tons
Length:	546 ft (166 m)
Beam:	93.3 ft (28.4 m)
Draft:	29.5 ft (9.0 m)
Propulsion:	3 shaft Vertical Triple Expansion, 28,000 ihp (21 MW)
Speed:	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range:
Complement:	1150 officers and men
Armament:	12 x 12 in (305 mm) guns, 14 x 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, 6 x 500 mm (19.7 in) torpedo tubes

SMS Ostfriesland was a Dreadnought-type battleship of the Helgoland class. Surviving the First World War, she was sunk in an American experiment to prove the effectivness of airpower against ships. The USS Ostfriesland, Public domain photo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge (the War Ensign of the Kaiserliche Marine, the Imperial Germany Navy, 1903–1919) Downloaded from Flags of the World File links The following pages link to this file: SMS Ostfriesland SMS Scharnhorst SMS Gneisenau Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships SMS Lützow SMS Friedrich der Grosse SMS Kaiser SMS Königsberg... The source for an SVG image of the United States Navy jack can be found at USN Jack. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... HMS Victory in 1884 In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

History

She was named after the German region Ostfriesland (East Frisia), which borders the Netherlands and the North Sea. Her keel was laid down in 1908 at Wilhelmshaven. She was launched in September 1909, and commissioned in the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) in May 1911. East Frisia (Ostfriesland) is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wilhelmshaven is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The ceremonies involved in commissioning ships into a military force are based in traditions thousands of years old. ... The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

At the outbreak of the First World War, she was squadron flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron under Vice-Admiral Schmidt. She took part in the Scarborough Raid of 16 December 1914 led by Rear Admiral Hipper. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In 1916 she was present at the Battle of Jutland, firing 11 12in rounds. She was undamaged by British gunfire but struck a mine on the June 1 on the journey back from the battle, with 1 killed and 10 injured. Repairs were completed on the 26 July 1916 following repairs at Wilhelmshaven. The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Ostfriesland was surrendered to the Allies following World War I. At Rosyth in Scotland she was handed over to the United States Navy as "Ship H" on April 7, 1920 under the command of Captain J.F. Hellweg. Under the terms of the surrender of the ship it was to be destroyed by the 24 July 1921. World War I was a basically European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... Rosyth (pronounced Ross-sythe) (Scottish Gaelic: Ros Saoithe) is located in Scotland, United Kingdom on the Firth of Forth, a mile (1. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Though in need of repairs, the ship managed to sail to New York where she was decommissioned September 20, 1920. She was examined extensively in dry dock at the New York Navy Yard returning to sea on the 4 January 1921. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

At the urging of Billy Mitchell who wanted to demonstrate the power of aircraft over ships, Ostfriesland and several other ex-US (including the USS Alabama) and ex-German warships, became targets for the demonstration. The smaller vessels were dispatched before the main prize the Ostfriesland was attacked. William L. (Billy) Mitchell (December 28, 1879–February 19, 1936) was an American general who is regarded as the father of the U.S. Air Force. ... The second Alabama (BB-8) was an Illinois-class battleship. ...

On the first day there were attacks by smaller bombers. Some flooding occurred and overnight Naval engineers counterflooded some compartments to level the ship, albeit lower in the water. On the second day larger bombers made attacks. Although the tests were supposed to be carefully controlled and monitored Mitchell overrode the plans and ensured that his heaviest bombers from Langley Field in Virginia, attacked. The effect of some very heavy bombs in the water around the Ostfriesland caused further flooding until she sank on July 21, 1921, about 60 miles off the Virginia Capes. State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the eastern coast of North America. ...