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Thread #101659 Message #2052576
Posted By: beardedbruce
15-May-07 - 02:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Canada sinks its own destroyer!
Subject: RE: BS: Canada sinks its own destroyer!
New Jersey BB-62 1943
Length Overall: 887'7"
Extreme Beam: 108'1"
Normal Displacement:
Tons: 45,000
Mean Draft: 28'11"
Designed Complement:
Officers: 117
Enlisted: 1,804
Catapults: (2) aft.
Armor:
Belt: 12.125"
Turrets: 17"
Deck:
Main: 1.5
2nd: 6"
3rd: .625"
Conning Tower: 17.25"
Designed Speed: 33
Designed Shaft Horsepower: 212,000
Engines:
Manufacturer: Wstgh.
Type: Turbine, geared drive
Screws: 4
Boilers:
Manufacturer: BW
No.: 8
Fuel :
Fuel Oil: 7,251 Tons
Drive: TRD
Class: Iowa
DesMoines CA-134
Displacement (std) 19500
Displacement (full) 20933
Length 716'
Beam 76.5'
Draft 25.6'
Powerplant 2 GE geared turbines; 4 Babcock & Wilcox 615psi boilers
Horsepower 120000
Screws 4
Speed 33.5
Armor 4-6 inch belt, 3.5 inch deck, 2-8 inch turrets, 6.3 inch barbettes, 4-6.5 inch CT
Armament 3 triple 8-inch/55RF Mk16 guns
6 twin 5-inch/38 Mk12 guns
12 twin 3-inch/50 Mk27/33 guns
6 twin 20mm/70 Mk2/3/4 AA guns (removed 1947)
Aircraft 1 - utility helicopter
Complement Complement: 1668
Officer: 103
Enlisted: 1565