Rivadavia class battleship

The "Rivadavia" class was a class of two battleships of the Argentine Navy , the ARA "Rivadavia" and the ARA "Moreno". Argentina's response to Brazil's "Minas Gerais" class of two ships during the period of naval competition in South America prior to World War I, they were equal in firepower to the "Minas Gerais" class, but were larger, faster, and carried more armor. The only foreign battleships built in the United States, they were Argentina's first and only Dreadnought-type battleships. They were also the only American-built dreadnoughts to feature wing turrets—all US Navy dreadnoughts had all turrets on the center line. They both entered service in 1915 and were decommissioned in 1957.

ee also

*List of battleship classes
*List of battleships of minor navies

References

*"Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship"(1963) - Richard Hough
* [http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/battleships/ Haze Gray & Underway world battleship lists]
*Hore, Peter. "The World Encyclopedia of Battleships". Hermes House, London, 2005. ISBN 0681068515
*Whitley, M.J.. "Battleships of World War Two - An International Encyclopedia". Weidenfeld Military, London, 1998. ISBN 978-1854093868, ISBN 185409386X.