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Statistics of the Iowa class battleships |
Displ: 48,110 tons standard; 57,540 full load (45,000 design
standard)
Dim: 887 x 108 x 38 feet
Prop: Steam turbines, 8 600 psi
boilers, 4 shafts, 212,000 hp, 33+ knots
Crew: 2500-2900 wartime
Arm: 3 triple 16/50, 10
dual 5/38, 19 quad 40 mm, 52 single 20 mm
Armor: 12.2 inch belt, 6 inch deck,
11.6-17.3 inch barbettes, 2.5-17.3 inch turrets, 17.3 inch CT.
Probably the finest battleships of all time. The second pair of ships had been planned as Montana class ships, but they were changed to Iowas to speed production. Reactivated for Korean War service in WWII configuration. The class was nearly discarded in 1974. Entire class extensively updated in the 1980's:
Displ: 57,350 tons full load
Arm: 8 quad Tomahawk ABL, 4 quad
Harpoon cans, 3 triple 16/50, 6
dual 5/38, 4 Phalanx
CIWS
BB 62 New Jersey
Built by Philadelphia Navy Yard.
| Laid down | 16 Sept 1940 |
| launched | 7 Dec 1942 |
| commissioned | 23 May 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1948 |
| Recommissioned | 21 Nov 1950 |
| decommissioned | 21 Aug 1957 |
| Recommissioned for Vietnam service | 6 April 1968 |
| decommissioned | 17 Dec 1969 |
| Recommissioned | 28 Dec 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 9 Sept 1991 |
| stricken | 12 Jan 1995 |
Battleships of the Iowa class:
BB 61 Iowa
BB 62 New Jersey
BB 63 Missouri
BB 64 Wisconsin
BB 65 Illinois
BB 66 Kentucky
The above is based on information from Andrew Toppan at the US Naval Shipbuilding Museum.
