Indiana BB-50 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
South Dakota (1918) (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York |
Hull Number: |
BB-50 |
Ordered: |
July 2, 1918 |
Commissioned: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
November 1, 1920 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
N/A |
Stricken: |
November 10, 1923 |
Fate: |
Construction suspended Feb. 8, 1922, cancelled Aug. 17, 1923 when 34% complete due to the limitations of the Washington Treaty. Sold Oct. 25, 1923 to the Steel Scrap Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped on the ways. Some of her armor was used to reinforce the locks and defenses at the Panama Canal. |
Design Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
684' |
Engines: |
2 steam turbines with single reduction gear coupled to two 3 phase generators (28 kv ea.) powering two 11.2 kw electric motors |
Beam: |
105' 6" |
Boilers: |
16 Babcock & Wilcox (oil fired) |
Draft: |
32' 8' |
Shafts: |
4 |
Displacement: |
43,200 std. / 47,000 full |
SHP: |
60,000 |
Speed: |
23 |
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Crew: |
1,300+ |
Range: |
N/A |
Armament As Designed |
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Number Carried
|
Type
|
Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
12 |
16"/50 (406mm) |
4 triple turrets |
45,100 yards @ 46° (25.6 miles) 2,100 lb. armor piercing shell (as coastal artillery) |
16 |
6"/53 (152mm) |
single mounts |
25,300 yards @ 30° (14.3 miles) 105 lb. armor piercing shell |
6 |
3"/50 (76mm) |
single mounts |
14,600 yards @ 43° (8.2 miles) 13 lb. HE shell |
2 |
21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
broadside submerged |
7,000 yards @ 27 knots (3.9 miles) 210 lb. TNT warhead |
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