History
USS Arkansas
No narrative history is available yet.
Recognition
Awards
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
4 Stars
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- Wyoming-Class Dreadnought Battleship
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New jersey
- Keel Laid
- 1910-01-25
- Launch Date
- 1911-01-14
- Displacement
- 1912 Config: 27,680 Tons | 1925 - 1927 Refit: 31,497 Tons
- Speed
- 21 Knots
- Power Plant
- 1912 Config: 12 x Babcock & Wilcox Boilers, 4 x Parsons Steam Turbines, 4 x Screws | 1925 - 1927 Refit: 4 x White-Forster Oil Fired Boilers, 4 x Parsons Steam Turbines, 4 x Screws
- Armor
- 1912 Config: Belt Armor: 11in - 5in, Deck Armor: 2.5in - 1.5in, Conning Tower Armor: 11.5in - 3in, Turret Armor: 12in - 3in, Barbette Armor: 11in - 4.5in, Lower Casemate Armor: 11in, Upper Castemate Armor: 6.5in | 1925 - 1927 Refit: Deck Armor increased to 3.5in
- Final Disposition
- Sunk 25 July, 1946, near ground zero of the "Baker Test" during the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests.
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 1912 Config: 12 x 12"/50 Caliber Mark 7 Guns (6x2)
- Secondary
- 1912 Config: 21 x 5"/51 Caliber Guns (21x1) | 1925 - 1927 Refit: 16 x 5"/51 Caliber Guns (16x1) | 1942 Refit: 6 x 5"/51 Caliber Guns (6x1)
- Tertiary
- 1912 Config: 4 x 3-Pounder (47mm) guns (4x1) | 1925 - 1927 Refit: 4 x 3-Pounder (47mm) guns (4x1), 8 x 3"/50 Caliber Anti-Aircraft Guns | 1942 Refit: 4 x 3-Pounder (47mm) guns (4x1), 10 x 3"/50 Caliber Anti-Aircraft Guns (10x1), 36 x 40mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft Guns (9x4), 26 x 20mm Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft Guns (26x1)
- Additional
- 1912 Config: 2 x 21in Torpedo Tubes | 1925 - 1927 Refit: Torpedo Tubes removed
Registry Tags
Tags
Battleship