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Iowa-class battleship

BattleshipUnited StatesRetired
Iowa-class battleship
Photo: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Battleship
Shipyards
New York Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Construction began
1940
First commissioned
1943
Last retired
1992
Status
Retired
Ships completed
4
Ships planned
6
Crew
2,700

Battleship

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
61,000 t
Length
262.13 m
Beam
32.92 m
Draught
11.28 m
Performance
Maximum speed
35.2 kn (65 km/h)
Range
14,890 nmi (27,576 km)
Power
158,088 kW
Armament
Armament
9 × 406 mm20 × 127 mm80 × 40 mm49 × 20 mm12 × 127 mm32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk16 × RGM-84 Harpoon4 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried
UAVs

Operators

United States

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Iowa-class battleship, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.