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Ship Statistics Length - Displacement Draft - Beam |
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Overhead - Small (GIF 13 Kb - 1100x230) Overhead - Large (GIF 280 Kb - 3700x700) |
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Machinery Boilers - Propellers Turbines - Generators |
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Side Profile - Small (GIF 10 Kb - 1100x350) Side Profile - Large (GIF 268 Kb - 3700x1000 |
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Cross Section (GIF 16 Kb - 1100x440) |
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Comparison with HMS King George V |
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Body Plan - Amidship & Forward (GIF 14 Kb - 500x250) |
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Body Plan -Amidship & Aft (GIF 13 Kb - 500x250) |
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Machinery Schematic (GIF 42 Kb - 250x1100) |
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Top & Side View Updated by Jean Secardin (JPG 92 Kb - 1440x660) |
| Keel Laid | June 14, 1938 |
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| Launched | June 1, 1940 |
| Commissioned | May 15, 1941 |
| Shipbuilder | Philadelphia Naval Yard |
| Class | North Carolina |
| Length Overall | 728 ft. 8 in. |
| Length Waterline | 713 ft. 5 in. |
| Beam Maximum | 108 ft. 4 in. |
| Beam Waterline | 104 ft. 6 in. |
| Mean Draft @ 42,329 tons | 31 ft. 7 in. |
| Maximum Draft | 35 ft. 6 in. |
| Displacement - Standard | 36,600 tons |
| Displacement - Full Load | 44,800 tons |
| Boilers | EIGHT | Babcock & Wilcox three drum express type boilers fitted with two furnaces and double uptakes | Pressure | 575 psi |
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| Temperature | 850 Deg F. | |||
| Turbines | FOUR sets | General Electric geared turbines. | High Pressure Impulse | 12 Stages 5,904 RPM max. |
| Low Pressure Impulse | 6 Stages 4,937 RPM max. |
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| Astern Impulse | 3 Stages 3,299 RPM max. |
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| Shaft Horsepower | 121,000 Forward | 32,000 Astern | ||
| Maximum Speed | 28 Knots @ 199 RPM | |||
| Generators | FOUR | Ship's Service Turbo-generators | 1,250 kw | |
| FOUR | Ship's Service Diesel Generators | 850 kw | ||
| TWO | Emergency Diesel Generators | 200 kw | ||
| Propellers | TWO | Inboard | Four Bladed | Diameter = 15' 4" |
| TWO | Outboard | Four Bladed | Diameter = 16' 7" | |
| Rudders | TWO | Balanced streamlined type | Train Limits = 36 1/2 degrees Port & Starboard |
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| Fuel & Water Storage |
Fuel Oil Consumption |
7,167.2 tons 6,589 tons |
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| Diesel Oil | 677.1 tons | |||
| Gasoline | 22.1 tons | |||
| Reserve Feed Water | 410.7 tons | |||
| Potable Water | 607.9 | |||
| COMPLEMENT | Total = 2,339 | 144 Officers | 2,195 Enlisted | |
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