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North Carolina BB-52 |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
South Dakota (1918) (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, Virginia |
Hull Number: |
BB-52 |
Ordered: |
July 2, 1918 |
Commissioned: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
January 12, 1920 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
N/A |
Stricken: |
November 10, 1923 |
Fate: |
Construction suspended Feb. 8, 1922, cancelled Aug. 17, 1923 when 36% complete due to the limitations of the Washington Treaty. Sold Oct. 25, 1923 and scrapped on the ways. |
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
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Type
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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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