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BB-36 |
BB-37 |
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1st Commanding Officer: |
Capt. W.S. Sims |
Capt. R. Welles |
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Authorised: |
March 4, 1911 |
March 4, 1911 |
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Keel Laid: |
Nov. 4, 1912 |
Oct. 26, 1912 |
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Launched: |
July 11, 1914 |
March 23, 1914 |
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Commissioned: |
March 11, 1916 |
May 2, 1916 at Philadelphia |
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Sponsor: |
Miss Eleanor Anne Seibert |
Miss Lorena J. Cruce |
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Builder: |
Fore River Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
New York Shipbuilding Co. , Camden,
New Jersey |
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Original Engines Manufactured: |
Curtis (Fore River) type cruising
turbine |
New York Shipbuilding type; vertical
4 cylinder triple expansin reciprocating |
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Original Boilers Manufactured: |
Yarrow (Fore River) type WT; no.12 |
Babcock & Wilcox type: WT; no.12 |
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Original Fuel: |
Oil, 2037 tons (611,100 gallons) |
Oil, 2037 tons (611,100 gallons) |
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Drive: |
Reciprocating, 2 screws |
Reciprocating, 2 screws |
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Designed Speed: |
21 knots |
21 knots |
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Designed Shaft Horsepower: |
26,500 |
24,800 |
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Design Comments: |
First-class Battleship; oil-fired
boilers |
First-class Battleship; oil-fired
boilers |
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Displacement Standard
Tons: |
27,500 |
27,500 |
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Displacement Full Load
Tons: |
28,400 |
28,400 |
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Design Crew Complement: |
55 officers
809 enlisted
1598 for war service |
55 officers
809 enlisted
1598 for war service |
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Construction Cost: |
$6 milion + armor and armament |
$6 milion + armor and armament |
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Length: |
(w.l.) 575' , (o.a.) 583' |
(w.l.) 575' , (o.a.) 583' |
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Beam: |
95'3" |
95'3" |
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Draught: |
32 feet (max.), 26 feet (mean) |
32 feet (max.), 26 feet (mean) |
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Guns: |
10 - 14 inch,
50 cal.
(20,000-yard range with AP rouns)
21 - 5 inch, 51 cal.
12 - 5 inch AA, cal. 25
4 - 6 pdr.
8 - M.G. |
10 - 14 inch,
50 cal.
(20,000-yard range with AP rouns)
21 - 5 inch, 51 cal.
12 - 5 inch AA, cal. 25
4 - 6 pdr.
8 - M.G. |
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Aircraft: |
3 |
3 |
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Catapults: |
1 on "X" turret,
1 on quarter deck. |
1 on "X" turret,
1 on quarter deck. |
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Torpedo Tubes: |
4 - 21" submerged |
4 - 21" submerged |
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Armour: |
(total weight
7664 tons)
13 1/2 " - Belt anidships
8" - Belt aft
13 1/2" - Bulkheads
13 1/2" - Funnel base
5" - Deck amidship
3" - Upper deck
2" - Main deck
3" - Deck ends
18" - 9" - Triple turrets
16" - 9" - Double turrets
12" - Conning tower and tube
(Bulges fitted) |
(total weight
7664 tons)
13 1/2 " - Belt anidships
8" - Belt aft
13 1/2" - Bulkheads
13 1/2" - Funnel base
5" - Deck amidship
3" - Upper deck
2" - Main deck
3" - Deck ends
18" - 9" - Triple turrets
16" - 9" - Double turrets
12" - Conning tower and tube
(Bulges fitted) |
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Final Disposition: |
Sunk by naval gunfire and aerial torpedoes off
Havaii on July 31, 1948 |
En route to Oakland on May 17, 1947, 540 miles
outbound from Pearl Harbour, the towline parted and the Oklahoma
sank |
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Commendations: |
Seven Battle Stars in WW2 |
One Battle Star in WW2 |
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WW2 History Highlights: |
BB-36
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- 1920-40 Atlantic and Pacific Fleets; July to
September, 1925 goodwill cruise to New Zealand and Australia
- Dec. 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbour, got under way but beached at
Hospital Point, with 50 killed and 109 wounded during the attack
- Refloated on Feb. 12, 1942; fire support for the capture of
the Attu in Alaska on May 11-18, 1942
- June, 1942 - March, 1944 modernized at Norfolk; June 6-17 and
June 25, 1944 at Normandy and Cherbourg; August 15 to Sept. 25,
1944 at the Invasion of southern France
- March 27, 1945 off Okinawa, hit by a kamikadze, killing 11;
2 were killed by shore battery on April 5, 1945
- At Okinawa from April to August, 1945; then to Japan and Occupation
duty in Tokyo Bay
- Used in Operation Crossroads Bikini atoll atom bomb tests July
1 and July 25, 1946 - survived these tests |
BB-37
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-December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbour; capsized
with 415 killed; with Julio Castro and others 32 were saved through
bottom of ship
- Salvage began in March of 1943 and entered drydock on Dec.
28, 1943
- At Pearl Harbour on Sept. 1, 1944; stripped of uns and superstructure;
sold to Moore Drydock of Oakland, California |
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Armour Notes. - Main belt is 400 feet long
by 17 1/2 feet wide; 8 1/2 feet of it being below l.w.l. Lower
edge is 8". The ends are unarmoured; the battery also. Plates
are applied in vertical strakes. Two protective decks, upper
3" flat, lower 1 1/2" flat, 2" on slopes. Barbette
bases are 13 1/2" thick, but turrets are only 4 1/2"
where below protective deck and behind belt. Barbette shields:
18" port plate for triple positions. 16" port plate
for twin positions, 10" sides, 9" back, 5" roof.
Sighting slits in conning tower closed by splinter-proof shutters.
There is a signalling station protected by 16" armour behind
conning tower. These ships marked a new era in naval construction,
being the first to embody the "everything or nothing"
idea in the metter of protection. No bulkheads between 14-inch
guns.
Gunnery Note. - Guns in the triple turrets in one sleeve,
can be fired as one piece. Elevation has been increased to 30deg.
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