All the world's a stage
The specifications of the Indiana were:
GENERAL
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, VA | |
| Laid Down | 20 November 1939 | |
| Launched | 21 November 1941 | |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1942 | |
| Operational | 09 November 1942 | |
| Disposition | On 11 September 1946 was put in commission in reserve at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. On 11 September 1947 was decommissioned. Was stricken from the Navy List on 01 June 1962 and sold on 06 September 1963 to Nicolia Joffe Corporation for $418,317. Scrapped |
DISPLACEMENT
| Light Ship | 34,044 tons | |
| Standard | 35,900 tons | |
| Optimun Battle | 43,053 tons | |
| Full Load | 44,374 tons | |
| Emergency load | 45,610 tons |
DIMENSIONS
| Length Overall | 680' 0.000" | |
| Waterline Length | 666' 0.000" | |
| Maximum Beam | 108' 2.000" | |
| Mean Draft | 27' 9.500" @ 34,044 tons | |
| 33' 9.813" @ 42,545 tons | ||
| 35' 9.500" @ 45,610 tons | ||
| 36' 2.000" @ Maximum draft |
ARMAMENT
| Nine 16-inch/45 Caliber (Mark 6) (406mm) | ||
| Twenty 5-inch/38 Caliber (Mark 12) (127 mm) | ||
| Forty-eight 40 mm/56 | ||
| Fifty-one 20 mm/70 |
TANK CAPACITIES
| Fuel Oil | 6,635.0 tons | |
| Diesel Oil | 187.7 tons | |
| Gasoline | 21.5 tons | |
| Reserve Feed Water | 341.2 tons | |
| Potable Water | 438.7 tons |
MACHINERY
| Boilers and Double Uptakes | Eight three drum express type Foster Wheeler boilers fitted with two furnaces | |
| Turbines | Four sets Westinghouse geared turbines | |
| Shaft Horsepower | 130,000 Forward | |
| 32,000 Astern | ||
| Maximum Speed | 27.8 knots @ 185 rpm - 1941 | |
| 27.0 knots - 1945 | ||
| Nominal Endurance | 17,000 nautical miles @ 15 knots - 1945 | |
| 6,400 nautical miles @ 25 knots - 1945 | ||
| Generators | Seven ship's service turbogenerators (1,000 kw) | |
| Two emergency diesel generators (200 kw) | ||
| Total ship's servuce capacity: 7,000 kw, 450 volts, AC | ||
| Propellers | Two four bladed 17'-6" diameter propellers - inboard | |
| Two four bladed 17'-8 1/2'' diameter propellers - outboard | ||
| Rudders | Two rudders with a projected profile area of 273 square feet each |
WEIGHT SUMMARY
| ITEM | TONS | PERCENT | |
| Hull structure(excluding armor) | 13,354.946 | 37.99 | |
| Armor | 13,943.154 | 39.63 | |
| Propulsion & electrical | 3,441.688 | 9.79 | |
| Communication & control | 33.365 | 0.08 | |
| Auxiliary systems | 730.184 | 2.07 | |
| Outfit & furnishings | 1,083.904 | 3.08 | |
| Armament | 2,607.779 | 7.43 | |
| Light Ship Displacement | 35,195.020 | 100.00 | |
| Ammunition | 2,283.613 | ||
| Complement | 194.464 | ||
| Supplies & stores | 936.936 | ||
| Aeronautics | 53.908 | ||
| Standard Displacement | 38,663.941 | ||
| Fuel oil | 4,883.440 | ||
| Reserve feed water | 249.840 | ||
| Full Load Displacement | 43,797.221 |
SOURCES:
All the world's a stage
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