Year: 2009 Language: English Author: Steve Wiper Genre: History Edition: Warship Pictorial No. 32 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 74 Description: GENERAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA ClASS BATTLESHIPS The design of the SOUTH DAKOTA she wa s constructed with a larger co nning class oattleships grew out of the intention of the tower and expanded accommodations for fl ag US Navy to build an additional two NORTH ship capabilities. The medium and light anti CA ROLINA clas s ba ttleship s. Discu ss ions aircraft (A A) weaponry was also a repeat of the began in 1936, but by 1937, the Chief of Naval prev ious clas s, as well as the catapult arrange Operations in sisted o n a new design , which ment and observation aircraft carried . delayed construction until US Congress auth o ri zed the program into the 1939 budget. In order for the US Navy design of this new class of battles hip to rem ain within th e 192 1 Washington Nava l Treaty lim it, and have be tter armor p ro tecti o n than th e previou s NORTH C AROLINA class , a compl e te re design was necessary. The hull would be short er, but remai n at the same maximum width , not ju st for stability when firing the main battery, but also because of the lim it of 108 ft., due to the width of the Panama Canal. The increase in armor protection necessitated placement of the side armor belt to be inbo ard, resultin g in cramped hull compartments and a reduction in underwater protection. As other na tions were buildin g faster battleships, this new class would need to attain a top speed of 27 knots. To do this, the design required greater shaft power than the prev ious design. A shaft horse power of 130,000 was attained , resultin g in a top speed of 27.5 kts. The arm ame nt for this new c lass of American battleship was a repeat of the prev i o us NORTH CAROLINA class, with three triple 16 in.l45 cal. main armament turrets, and ten twin 5 in ./38 cal. du al purpose (DP) sec ondary mount s . A min or exc epti o n to th e SOUTH DAKOTA , in that she was fitted with eight twin 5 in. DP mounts. This was because 2 Even though the fo llowin g IOWA class battl eships, a newer and much better desi gn , was completing it's design at the same time , as well as being ordered for construction to begin in 1940 , the auth o ri zation of the SOUTH DAKOTA class was ordered , with construction beginning in 193 9. SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57 ) wa s laid down 5 Jul y 1939 at New York Ship bu ilding, INDIANA ( BB-58 ) o n 20 November 1939 at Newport News Shipbuilding, MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) 20 Jul y J 939 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding , Quincy, and ALABAMA (BB-60 ) I February 1940 at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
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South Dakota Class Battleships
Language: English
Author: Steve Wiper
Genre: History
Edition: Warship Pictorial No. 32
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 74
Description: GENERAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA ClASS BATTLESHIPS The design of the SOUTH DAKOTA she wa s constructed with a larger co nning class oattleships grew out of the intention of the tower and expanded accommodations for fl ag US Navy to build an additional two NORTH ship capabilities. The medium and light anti CA ROLINA clas s ba ttleship s. Discu ss ions aircraft (A A) weaponry was also a repeat of the began in 1936, but by 1937, the Chief of Naval prev ious clas s, as well as the catapult arrange Operations in sisted o n a new design , which ment and observation aircraft carried . delayed construction until US Congress auth o ri zed the program into the 1939 budget. In order for the US Navy design of this new class of battles hip to rem ain within th e 192 1 Washington Nava l Treaty lim it, and have be tter armor p ro tecti o n than th e previou s NORTH C AROLINA class , a compl e te re design was necessary. The hull would be short er, but remai n at the same maximum width , not ju st for stability when firing the main battery, but also because of the lim it of 108 ft., due to the width of the Panama Canal. The increase in armor protection necessitated placement of the side armor belt to be inbo ard, resultin g in cramped hull compartments and a reduction in underwater protection. As other na tions were buildin g faster battleships, this new class would need to attain a top speed of 27 knots. To do this, the design required greater shaft power than the prev ious design. A shaft horse power of 130,000 was attained , resultin g in a top speed of 27.5 kts. The arm ame nt for this new c lass of American battleship was a repeat of the prev i o us NORTH CAROLINA class, with three triple 16 in.l45 cal. main armament turrets, and ten twin 5 in ./38 cal. du al purpose (DP) sec ondary mount s . A min or exc epti o n to th e SOUTH DAKOTA , in that she was fitted with eight twin 5 in. DP mounts. This was because 2
Even though the fo llowin g IOWA class battl eships, a newer and much better desi gn , was completing it's design at the same time , as well as being ordered for construction to begin in 1940 , the auth o ri zation of the SOUTH DAKOTA class was ordered , with construction beginning in 193 9. SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57 ) wa s laid down 5 Jul y 1939 at New York Ship bu ilding, INDIANA ( BB-58 ) o n 20 November 1939 at Newport News Shipbuilding, MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59) 20 Jul y J 939 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding , Quincy, and ALABAMA (BB-60 ) I February 1940 at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
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