USS Nevada BB-36 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Fore River Shipbuilding Co. Quincy, Massachusetts |
Hull Number: |
Battleship #36 BB-36 (July 17, 1920) |
Ordered: |
January 22, 1912 |
Commissioned: |
March 11, 1916 |
Keel Laid: |
November 4, 1912 |
Decommissioned: |
August 29, 1946 |
Launched: |
July 11, 1914 |
Stricken: |
August 12, 1948 |
Fate: |
Sunk as target July 31, 1948 65 miles SW of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
583' |
Engines: |
4 Curtis geared cruising turbines (2 HP 2 LP) |
Beam: |
95' 3" / 108' over blisters |
Boilers: |
12 Yarrow (oil fired) |
Draft: |
34' (max) |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
27,500 std / 34,757 full |
SHP: |
24,800 |
Speed: |
20.5 knots |
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Crew: |
2,166 (max wartime) |
Range: |
10,000 NM @ 10 knots |
Main Armament |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
10 |
14"/45 (356mm) |
4 turrets (2 triple / 2 twin) |
23,000 yards @ 15° (13 miles) with 1,500 lb. armor piercing shell *modernized versions up to 40,000 |
Notes: |
The 14" guns removed from Arizona's turret #2 were installed in Nevada's turret #1 in 1944. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 30, 2008 |