USS Nevada BB-36

Type:
Battleship
Class:
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
Crew:
2,166 (max wartime)
Range:
10,000 NM @ 10 knots


Main Armament
Number Carried
Type
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
Page published Apr. 30, 2008