New York-class
Nevada-class
Pennsylvania-class
Of the Nevada-class consisting of the USS Nevada (BB-36) and Oklahoma (BB-37) preceded by the New York-class and succeeded by the Pennsylvania-class. Building authorized on 4 March 1911. Laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey on 26 October 1912, launched on 23 March 1914, sponsored by Lorena J. Cruce, commissioned on 2 May 1916, modernized at the Philadelphia navy yard between 1927-1930, sunk with the loss of 429 men during the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1942, decommissioned and stricken on 1 September 1944, salvaged and sold to the Moore rycock Company, Oakland, California for 46.000 US dollars to be broken up on 5 December 1946 and underway to her final destination San Francisco Bay sunk on a unknown position in a storm more as 500 miles distance from Hawaii on 17 May 1947.
Displacement 27.900 (standard) tons and as dimensions 175,3 (waterline)-177 (over all) x 26,1-33 (after modernisation) x 8,7 metres or 575-583 x 85.6-108 x 29.6 feet. The 2 dual-acting vertical triple reciprocating steam engines and 12 oil fuelled Babcock&Wilcox boilers supplied 24.800 ihp allowing a speed of 19,68 (after modernisation)-20,5 knots. Range 8.000 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots as designed and in service 5.120 respectively 1.931 nautical miles with a speed of 12 and 20 knots. Armament consisted original of 2x3+2x2-35,6cm/14” /45 guns, 21x1-12,7cm/5” /51 guns (since 1918 12), 2x1-7,6cm/3” /50 anti aircraft guns (since 1925 8) and 2/4-53,3cm/21” torpedo tubes. Since 1927 2x3+2x2-35,6cm/14” /45 guns, 12x1-12,7cm/5” /51 guns, 8x1-7,6cm/3” /50 anti aircraft guns. In 1935 2x4-2,8cm/1.1” anti aircraft guns added. Originally 3 floatplanes and 2 catapults, after 1942 2 floatplanes and 1 catapult. The armour consisted of a 20,3-33cm/8-12.5” thick belt, 20,3cm-33cm/8-12” thick bulkheads, 12,7cm/5” thick decks and the gun turrets and barbettes protected by respectively 45,7cm/18” and 33cm/13”. Her crew numbered 846 (original)-1.398 (since 1929) men.
