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- Omaha, United States Light Cruiser laid down 1918
- Displacement:
- 6,819 t light; 7,029 t standard; 7,500 t normal; 7,876 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (570.51 ft / 568.44 ft) x 54.13 ft x (21.33 / 22.01 ft)
- (173.89 m / 173.26 m) x 16.50 m x (6.50 / 6.71 m)
- Armament:
- 6 - 7.01" / 178 mm 45.0 cal guns - 164.91lbs / 74.80kg shells, 100 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1900 Model
- 3 x 2-gun mounts on centreline ends, majority forward
- 1 raised mount - superfiring
- 2 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 50.0 cal guns - 13.01lbs / 5.90kg shells, 350 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck mounts, 1914 Model
- 2 x Single mounts on sides amidships
- Weight of broadside 1,015 lbs / 461 kg
- Main Torpedoes
- 12 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 21.36 ft / 6.51 m torpedoes - 1.373 t each, 16.480 t total
- In 4 sets of deck mounted side rotating tubes
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 1.26" / 32 mm 464.24 ft / 141.50 m 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Ends: Unarmoured
- Main Belt covers 126 % of normal length
- Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 0.24" / 6 mm 0.24" / 6 mm 0.24" / 6 mm
- - Armoured deck - single deck:
- For and Aft decks: 0.98" / 25 mm
- Forecastle: 0.00" / 0 mm Quarter deck: 0.04" / 1 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 80,178 shp / 59,813 Kw = 34.00 kts
- Range 8,000nm at 10.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 846 tons
- Complement:
- 402 - 523
- Cost:
- £1.486 million / $5.945 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 312 tons, 4.2 %
- - Guns: 279 tons, 3.7 %
- - Weapons: 33 tons, 0.4 %
- Armour: 701 tons, 9.4 %
- - Belts: 377 tons, 5.0 %
- - Armament: 8 tons, 0.1 %
- - Armour Deck: 317 tons, 4.2 %
- Machinery: 2,892 tons, 38.6 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,809 tons, 37.5 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 680 tons, 9.1 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 105 tons, 1.4 %
- - Above deck: 105 tons
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 4,975 lbs / 2,256 Kg = 28.9 x 7.0 " / 178 mm shells or 0.8 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.27
- Metacentric height 3.1 ft / 0.9 m
- Roll period: 13.0 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.30
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has a flush deck,
- a normal bow and small transom stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.400 / 0.407
- Length to Beam Ratio: 10.50 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 25.72 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 56 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 6.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 15.00 %, 19.69 ft / 6.00 m, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- - Forward deck: 35.00 %, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- - Aft deck: 40.00 %, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- - Quarter deck: 10.00 %, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m, 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- - Average freeboard: 16.60 ft / 5.06 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 136.8 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 147.0 %
- Waterplane Area: 19,371 Square feet or 1,800 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 99 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 93 lbs/sq ft or 456 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.96
- - Longitudinal: 1.41
- - Overall: 1.00
- Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
- Above deck tonnage is for 2 gunpowder catapults, one heavy duty crane and two floatplanes kept on catapults.
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