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USS Iowa

Shown here is the 'Iowa' class battleship USS Iowa (BB61) underway 12th April, 1943. Taken from US Warships of World War II.
Laid Down: 27 June 1940

Launched: 27 August 1942

Builder: New York Navy Yard

Machinery: Four General Electric geared turbines; Eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 4 shafts

Power Output: 212,000 SHP

Displacement
Standard: 44,560 tons (45,273 tonnes)
Full load: 55,710 tons (56,601 tonnes)

Dimensions
Length : 887 ft 2.1/2 inches(270.4 m)
Beam: 108 ft 2.1/2 inches(33 m)
Height: 38 ft (11.6 m)

Armour
Belt: 12-25 inches (311 mm)
Bulkheads: 8.5-11 inches (216-279 mm)
Decks: 1/2-6 inches (13-152 mm)
Barbettes: 1.5-17.3 inches (38-439 mm)
Turrets: 7.25-19.7 inches (184-495 mm)
Secondary Turrets: 3/4-1 inch (19-25 mm)
Coning Tower: 16-17.5 inches (406-445 mm)

Performance
Max. Speed : 33 knots (61.2 km/h)
Range: 18,000 n.m. (33,350 km) @ 12 kts (22.2 km/m)
Oil: 7,073 tons (7,186 tonnes)

Armament
Nine 16 inch (406 mm)
Twenty 5 inch (127 mm)
Sixty 40 mm AA
Sixty 20mm AA

Crew: 1,921

Others in Class: New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky,
 

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