History
USS North Carolina
No narrative history is available yet.
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- South Dakota-Class Dreadnought Battleship
- Builder
- Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
- Keel Laid
- 1920-01-12
- Launch Date
- Unknown
- Displacement
- 43,200 Tons
- Speed
- 23 Knots
- Power Plant
- 12 x Babcock & Wilcox Oil-Fired Boilers, 2 x Westinghouse Electric Generators, 4 x Electric Motors, 4 x Screws
- Armor
- Belt Armor: 13.5in - 8in, Deck Armor: 6in - 3.5in, Conning Tower Armor: 16in - 8in, Turret Armor: 18in - 5in, Barbette Armor: 13.5in - 4.5in, Boiler Uptake Armor: 13.5in - 9in
- Final Disposition
- Cancelled in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty while 36.7% Complete. Sold for scrap 25 October 1923.
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 12 x 16"/50 Caliber Mark 2 Guns (4x3)
- Secondary
- 16 x 6"/53 Caliber Guns (16x1)
- Tertiary
- 4 x 3"/50 Caliber Anti-Aircraft Guns (4x1)
- Additional
- 2 x 21in Torpedo Tubes
Registry Tags
Tags
Battleship