The preliminary design for a fast battleship dated 14 February 1913 spoke about using 16” guns in contrary to this design where the main armament was to consist of 14”guns. In May 1913 was again a design made of a battleship although with the normal speed of 22 knots and armed with 14” guns and which seemed to be based on the 16th April 1913-design. The16th April design is never built.
Dimensions 800 (water line) x 100 (extreme) x 31 (mean) feet and a displacement of 47.000 tons. Longitudinal coefficient 0,674. Armament 4x3-14” breech loading guns, 16-6” quick firing guns and 6 submerged 21”torpedo tubes. The machinery and 24 boilers supplied 81.800 ihp allowing a speed of 25 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 8.000 nautical miles.
The armour consisted of a main side belt amidships only 16’3” and fore and aft 9’, depth below waterline 8’6” and a thickness of 14”, 8-14”, barbettes 14” (heavy part), turrets 5” (roof)-9” rear)-9/10” (sides)-18” (port), conning tower proper 16”, conning tower tube 16” (heavy), uptake protection 14”, protective deck total 5” S.T.S. over 20# middle), splinter deck total thickness 1&1½” over 20# mild.
Normal displacement of 47.000 tons: hull complete 21.811. tons, hull fittings 1.829 tons, protection 10.214 tons, steam engineering 5.195 tons, res. feed 2/3 supply 546 tons, battery 1.700 tons, ammunition &2/3 ordinance stores 1.370 tons, equipment&2/3 equipment stores and outfit&2/3 stores 1.600 tons, oil fuel 2/3 supply 2.012 tons and 723 tons margin.
Source
The so-called Spring Styles Book 1 (March 1911-September 1925). Naval History and Heritage Command. Lot S-584-29. Preliminary designs prepared by mostly civilians working at the Bureau of Construction and Repair (succeeded by the Bureau of Ships nowadays the Naval Sea Systems Command) under supervision of naval architects of the Navy Construction Corps. A major part of the drawings was presented to the General Board which advices the Secretary of the Navy.
