| Built |
New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York |
| Class |
Iowa-class battleship |
| Keel Laid |
January 6, 1941 |
| Launched |
January 29, 1944 |
| Commissioned |
June 11, 1944 |
| Operational |
December 14, 1944 |
| Decommissioned |
February 26, 1955 |
| Recommissioned |
May 10, 1986 |
| Decommissioned |
March 31, 1992 |
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| Length |
887'3" (270.4m) |
| Beam |
108' 3" (33m) |
| Draft |
38' (11.6m) |
| Height |
209' 8" (63.9m) from keel to mast top |
| Displacement |
58,000 tons loaded: 45,000 tons unloaded |
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| Personnel |
134 officers, 2400 enlisted (World War II)
65 officers, 1450 enlisted (1986-1992) |
| Boilers |
Eight 600 pounds per square inch Babcock & Wilcox |
| Main Engines |
Four geared General Electric Turbines |
| Horsepower |
212,000 shaft horsepower (total of all four shafts) |
| Propellers |
Two five-bladed 17' 5" (5.3m) inboard
Two four-bladed 18' 3" (5.6m) outboard |
| Rudders |
Two |
| Speed |
In excess of 30 knots |
| Tank capacity |
2.5-million gallons of fuel oil
30,000 gallons of aviation fuel
239,000 gallons of fresh water |
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| Armor |
The main armor of the hull is 13.5" tapering 19 degrees vertically to 1.62"
Aft, for protection of the propellers and shafts, the armor is 13.5
- Other armor thicknesses are:
- Turret faces: 17"
- Turret tops: 7.25"
- Turret backs: 12"
- Turret sides: 9.25"
- Second deck armor: 6"
- Conning tower sides: 17.3"
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| Armament |
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| Main Gun Battery |
ine 16".50 caliber guns in three, three-gun turrets
Range: 23 miles
Projectiles: Armor piercing – 2,700 pounds High capacity – 1,900 pounds Powder: standard load of six, 110-pound bags
Rate of fire: two rounds per minute, per gun
Use: Anti-surface and shore bombardment |
| Secondary Battery |
Twelve 5"/38 caliber guns in six dual mounts
Range: 9 miles
Projectiles: 55 pounds
Powder: 30 pounds
Rate of fire: 15 rounds per minute, per gun
Use: Anti-surface, anti-air and shore bombardment |
| Air Defense |
Four Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Gatling-style guns, capable of firing 20mm ammunition at a rate of 50 rounds per second (3000 rounds per minute) for self-defense against missiles and aircraft
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| Missiles |
Capable of carrying up to 32 Tomahawk Anti-Surface or Land Attack missiles and up to 16 Harpoon anti-surface missiles
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