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- Enter ship name, US Battlecruiser laid down 1921
- Displacement:
- 39,927 t light; 42,684 t standard; 45,044 t normal; 46,933 t full load
- Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
- (835.74 ft / 830.00 ft) x 105.00 ft x (30.00 / 31.03 ft)
- (254.73 m / 252.98 m) x 32.00 m x (9.14 / 9.46 m)
- Armament:
- 8 - 16.00" / 406 mm 50.0 cal guns - 2,110.00lbs / 957.08kg shells, 160 per gun
- Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1921 Model
- 4 x 2-gun mounts on centreline, evenly spread
- 2 raised mounts
- 16 - 6.00" / 152 mm 53.0 cal guns - 105.01lbs / 47.63kg shells, 250 per gun
- Breech loading guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1921 Model
- 8 x Twin mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 10 - 5.00" / 127 mm 25.0 cal guns - 54.50lbs / 24.72kg shells, 400 per gun
- Dual purpose guns in deck and hoist mounts, 1921 Model
- 10 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 10 raised mounts
- 10 - 0.30" / 7.6 mm 63.0 cal guns - 0.01lbs / 0.00kg shells, 20,000 per gun
- Anti-air guns in deck mounts, 1921 Model
- 10 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
- 10 raised mounts
- Weight of broadside 19,105 lbs / 8,666 kg
- Armour:
- - Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
- Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 624.58 ft / 190.37 m 12.30 ft / 3.75 m
- Ends: Unarmoured
- Main Belt covers 116 % of normal length
- - Torpedo Bulkhead - Strengthened structural bulkheads:
- 3.00" / 76 mm 624.58 ft / 190.37 m 28.33 ft / 8.63 m
- Beam between torpedo bulkheads 90.00 ft / 27.43 m
- - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
- Main: 12.0" / 305 mm - 8.00" / 203 mm
- - Armoured deck - multiple decks:
- For and Aft decks: 4.00" / 102 mm
- Forecastle: 3.00" / 76 mm Quarter deck: 3.00" / 76 mm
- - Conning towers: Forward 12.00" / 305 mm, Aft 0.00" / 0 mm
- Machinery:
- Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
- Geared drive, 4 shafts, 229,533 shp / 171,232 Kw = 33.00 kts
- Range 15,000nm at 10.00 kts
- Bunker at max displacement = 4,249 tons
- Complement:
- 1,545 - 2,009
- Cost:
- £11.548 million / $46.191 million
- Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
- Armament: 4,366 tons, 9.7 %
- - Guns: 4,366 tons, 9.7 %
- Armour: 12,816 tons, 28.5 %
- - Belts: 3,798 tons, 8.4 %
- - Torpedo bulkhead: 1,964 tons, 4.4 %
- - Armament: 2,099 tons, 4.7 %
- - Armour Deck: 4,628 tons, 10.3 %
- - Conning Tower: 327 tons, 0.7 %
- Machinery: 7,904 tons, 17.5 %
- Hull, fittings & equipment: 14,840 tons, 32.9 %
- Fuel, ammunition & stores: 5,117 tons, 11.4 %
- Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
- Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
- 50,199 lbs / 22,770 Kg = 24.5 x 16.0 " / 406 mm shells or 6.5 torpedoes
- Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.19
- Metacentric height 7.5 ft / 2.3 m
- Roll period: 16.1 seconds
- Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.73
- Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01
- Hull form characteristics:
- Hull has a flush deck,
- a normal bow and a cruiser stern
- Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.603 / 0.607
- Length to Beam Ratio: 7.90 : 1
- 'Natural speed' for length: 28.81 kts
- Power going to wave formation at top speed: 55 %
- Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
- Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 12.00 degrees
- Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
- Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
- Fore end, Aft end
- - Forecastle: 12.50 %, 27.00 ft / 8.23 m, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
- - Forward deck: 30.00 %, 26.00 ft / 7.92 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- - Aft deck: 45.25 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- - Quarter deck: 12.25 %, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m, 25.00 ft / 7.62 m
- - Average freeboard: 25.33 ft / 7.72 m
- Ship tends to be wet forward
- Ship space, strength and comments:
- Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 115.6 %
- - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 198.6 %
- Waterplane Area: 63,919 Square feet or 5,938 Square metres
- Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 94 %
- Structure weight / hull surface area: 209 lbs/sq ft or 1,021 Kg/sq metre
- Hull strength (Relative):
- - Cross-sectional: 0.99
- - Longitudinal: 1.23
- - Overall: 1.01
- Cramped machinery, storage, compartmentation space
- Excellent accommodation and workspace room
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