History
USS Kentucky
No narrative history is available yet.
Specifications
Overview
- Class
- Iowa-Class Fast Battleship
- Builder
- Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia
- Keel Laid
- 1942-03-07
- Launch Date
- 1950-01-20
- Displacement
- 58,460 Tons
- Speed
- 33 Knots
- Power Plant
- 8 x Babcock & Wilcox Oil-Fired Boilers, 4 x General Electric Steam Turbines, 4 x Screws (2 x 4-Blade, 2 x 5-Blade)
- Armor
- Belt Armor: 12.1in, 1st Armor Deck: 1.5in, 2nd Armor Deck: 6in, 3rd Armor Deck: 0.63in, Conning Tower Armor: 17.3in - 7.25in, Turret Armor: 19.5in - 7.25in, Barbette Armor: 17.3in - 11.6in, Secondary Battery Armor: 2.5in, Propulsion & Steering Gear Compartment Armor: 13.5in - 6.2in
- Final Disposition
- Construction suspended 1 January, 1950, while 72.1% complete. Sold for scrap 31 October. 1958.
Weapons
Armament
- Primary
- 9 x 16"/50 Caliber Mark 7 Guns (3x3)
- Secondary
- 20 x 5"/38 Caliber Dual-Purpose Guns (10x2)
- Tertiary
- 80 x 40mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft Guns (20x4), 49 x 20mm Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft Guns (49x1)
Registry Tags
Tags
Battleship