US/CA/1921, United States Heavy Cruiser laid down 1921 (Engine 1933)
Displacement:
12,439 t light; 12,940 t standard; 14,500 t normal; 15,748 t full load
Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
628.47 ft / 625.00 ft x 63.00 ft x 23.00 ft (normal load)
191.56 m / 190.50 m x 19.20 m x 7.01 m
Armament:
10 - 8.00" / 203 mm guns (4 mounts), 256.00lbs / 116.12kg shells, 1921 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread, 2 raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 5.00" / 127 mm guns in single mounts, 62.50lbs / 28.35kg shells, 1921 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
16 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1921 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 3,061 lbs / 1,388 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 120
8 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm above water torpedoes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 560.00 ft / 170.69 m 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
Ends: Unarmoured
Main Belt covers 138 % of normal length
Main belt does not fully cover magazines and engineering spaces
- Torpedo Bulkhead:
1.00" / 25 mm 560.00 ft / 170.69 m 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm 2.00" / 51 mm 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 121,075 shp / 90,322 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 10,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,807 tons
Complement:
659 - 858
Cost:
£3.184 million / $12.734 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 383 tons, 2.6 %
Armour: 3,181 tons, 21.9 %
- Belts: 1,336 tons, 9.2 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 435 tons, 3.0 %
- Armament: 332 tons, 2.3 %
- Armour Deck: 1,027 tons, 7.1 %
- Conning Tower: 51 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 3,528 tons, 24.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 5,348 tons, 36.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 2,061 tons, 14.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
17,595 lbs / 7,981 Kg = 68.7 x 8.0 " / 203 mm shells or 2.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 3.5 ft / 1.1 m
Roll period: 14.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 52 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.65
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.05
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.560
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.92 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 25.00 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 59 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 3.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 2.00 ft / 0.61 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.00 ft / 8.53 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
- Mid (67 %): 24.00 ft / 7.32 m (17.00 ft / 5.18 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Stern: 17.00 ft / 5.18 m
- Average freeboard: 22.01 ft / 6.71 m
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 145.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 152.2 %
Waterplane Area: 27,748 Square feet or 2,578 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 116 lbs/sq ft or 567 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.96
- Longitudinal: 1.45
- Overall: 1.00
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The US/CA/1921 is not very imaginative
The US/CA/1921 is a not very imaginative improvement over the 1918 design. This has the 10-8in guns like the Pensacola, but with the twin turrets in the superfiring position. The hull also has the usual long, raised forecastle. The torpedo armament is increased to 8-21in TT and the speed is raised to 33 knots. This is the Springsharp report:
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