So bad that the ships were initially limited to 26.5 knots and this was never really fully cured. While the American powerplant was much more efficient and granted a much longer cruising range when run up to full power there was a very bad longitudinal vibration. Maneuverable but with only middling speed – her turning circle was well within that of a King George V class ship but top speed was slower than the British ships under normal circumstance.Decent staying power – her armor was likely the least of the various ~35,000 tone treaty battleships and she definitely lacked armored freeboard.impressive heavy anti-aircraft capability – the 5”/38 was the best heavy AA gun of the war and she carried 20.unmatched gun power – her nine 16”/45 were the most powerful gun battery in the world for about 7 months then Yamato was competed. The gun size limited lapsed/escalated to 16” while the ships were being designed so instead of the planned twelve 14” gun there were nine brand new 16”45’s with the new 2700# shell. There were dozens of designs, 8, 9, and 12 guns, thicker armor, thinner armor, faster, slower, all the guns before the bridge like Nelson, two turrets bow and one aft, two ahead and two aft, the ship is almost a monument to compromises. At the time of design the treaty limit was 35,000 tons and only 14” guns. It had been 15 years since America had built a battleship and a lot had changed. Battleships An Illustrated design History”. This ship and her sister the USS Washington had an extended design gestation that Norman Friedman details extremely well in his book “U.S. USS North Carolina is launched and America is back in the battleship building business. Today the curse of Friday the 13 th bit our little writer’s group a tad hard so this will be a very brief article on BB-55 USS North Carolina also known as the “Showboat”. 1885 – Victoria - Victoria class - Laid Downġ940 – North Carolina – North Carolina class – Launchedġ944 – Admiralty Islands – Casablanca-class - Commissioned
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