SPECIFICATIONS OF U.S.S. OKLAHOMA

The specifications of the Oklahoma were:

DIMENSIONS
  Length (O/A) 583'
  Length (W/L) 575'
  Beam 97.3'
  Draft (max) 32'5"
  Draft (mean) 27.5'
  Draft (design) N/A

DISPLACEMENT
  Design Full Load 28,400 tons
  Design 27,500 tons

PROPULSION
  Boilers 12 Yarrow
  Pressure 295 psi
  Engines/Turbines 2 sets vertical triple expansion reciprocating
  Ships Generators 4 x 300hp
  Horsepower  26,291
  Shafts  4
  Speed  19 knots
Endurance (design) 4,000 NM @ 20 knots
10,000 NM @ 10 knots
Endurance (service) 6,090 NM @ 18 knots
15,700 NM @ 10 knots

 

PROTECTION
  Belt 13.5-8" (17.75' wide, extending 8.6' below waterline)
  Deck 1.2" STS + 1.2" STS + .5" main
4.25" STS + .75" aft
1" STS + .5"/1.5 nickel steel + .5" STS + .5"/1.5" STS + .5" splinter deck
  Bulkheads 13" - 8"
  Torpedo Bulkhead .25" cofferdam added through boiler spaces
.30" torpedo bulkhead added outboard of existing bulkhead
additional skin added under boiler spaces (triple hull)
  Barbettes 13"
Turrets (triple) face 18"
sides 9"
back N/A
roof N/A
Turrets (twin) face 16"
sides 9"
back N/A
roof N/A
Conning Tower 16" sides

ARMAMENT
  Main Battery 10 x 14"/45 cal Mk 1,2,3,5 (2x3, 2x2)
2 forward 2 aft
Refitted with 10 x 14'/45 cal Mk 8,9,10,12 (2x3, 2x2)
 
  Secondary
 		 21 x 5"/51 cal Mk 7 (21x1) in gun ports in the hull
5 removed in reconstruction
12 x 5"/51 cal MK 7 (12x1) removed in 1929 reconstruction and 12 x 5"/25 cal MK 10 (12x1) dual purpose added on a new deckhouse 
Reduced to 8 x5"/25 cal MK 10 (8x1) in 1941 refit
 
  Antiaircraft 4 x 3"/50 cal Mk 20 (4x1) added in 1929 reconstruction
6 x 0.50 cal Machine Guns added in 1929 reconstruction
 
  Torpedoes 2 x 21" submerged,  removed in 1929 reconstruction

COMPLEMENT
  Design 55 officers
809 enlisted
  1941 1,301 +

 

SOURCES:

Ship's History, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Naval Historical Center, Bldg. #57
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC

Last Updated 31 July 2001

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