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North Carolina-class battleship

BattleshipUnited StatesRetired
North Carolina-class battleship
Photo: "USN [United States Navy] photo courtesy of David Buell. Caption is NYNY # 11306-6-46." · Public domain · background removed

Key specs

Type
Battleship
Shipyards
New York Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Construction began
1937
First commissioned
1941
Last retired
1947
Status
Retired
Ships completed
2

Battleship

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
45,519 t
Length
221.89 m
Beam
32.92 m
Draught
10.67 m
Performance
Maximum speed
28 kn (52 km/h)
Power
90,230 kW
Armament
Armament
9 × 406 mm20 × 127 mm40 mm Bofors 40 mm
Aircraft carried
Vought OS2U KingfisherCurtiss SC-1 Seahawk

Operators

United States

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: North Carolina-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.