American battleship USS Arkansas (BB-33) 1910-1946

Floirda-class

Wyoming-class

New York-class

Laid down at New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 25 January 1910, launched by Mary Louise Macon on 14 January 1911, commissioned on 17 September 1912,sunk as part of the Operation Crosssroads (nuclear weapon test) at the Bikini Atol on 25 July 1946, decommissioned on 29 July 1946 and stricken on 15 August 1946.

Of the Wyoming-class with as sister ship Arkansas (BB-33), preceded by the Florida-class and succeeded by the New York-class. There were 3 preliminary designs for this class drawn on base if the preceding Florida-class of which design 601 was chosen with a main armament of 12-30,5cm/12” guns. The building was approved on 3 March 1909.

General technical specifications. Displacement 26,417 (standard)-27,680 (full load) tons and as dimensions 169 (waterline)-171 (over all) x 28,42 metres x 8,69 (mean)-9,02 (maximum) metres or 554-562 x 93’3 x 28.6-29.7 feet. The 4 Parsons steam turbines and 12 coal fuelled superheating Babcock&Wilcox water tube-boilers supplied via 4 shafts 28.000 shp allowing with the 4 screws a speed of 21 knots and a range of 8.000 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots. The crew numbered 1.063 men. The armour consisted of a 12,7-27,9cm/5-11” thick belt, 3,8-6,4cm/1.5-2.5” thick decks with the turrets, barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 7,6cm/3” (roofs)-30,5cm/12” (face), 29,2cm/11.5” and 3,8-6,4cm/1.5-2.5”. The armament consisted of 6x3-30,5cm/12’ /50 Mark 7 guns, 21-12,7cm/5” /51 guns, 4-4,7cm/1.85”/3pd /40 saluting guns and 2-53,3cm/21” submerged torpedo tubes (broadside).