USS Tennessee,
Battleship (BB-43)
Specifications & Bibliography
Act of 3 March 1915:

"._._. The President is hereby authorized to have constructed two first-class battleships, carrying as heavy armor and as powerful armament as any vessel of their class, to have the highest practicable speed and greatest desirable radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not to exceed $7,800,000 each. ._._."

Index
1917-1941
Pearl Harbor
1942
1943
1944
1945
Epilogue

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USS Tennessee, Battleship (BB-43) Specifications
1920
  • Length Overall: 624'6"
  • Extreme Beam: 97'4"
  • Normal Displacement:
    • Tons: 32,300
    • Mean Draft: 30'3"
  • Designed Complement:
    • Officers: 57
    • Enlisted: 1,026
  • Armor:
    • Belt: 13.5"
    • Turrets: 18"
    • Deck:
      • 2nd: 3.5"
      • 3rd: 1.5"
    • Conning Tower: 16"
  • Designed Speed: 21
  • Designed Shaft Horsepower: 26,800
  • Engines:
    • Manufacturer: Wstgh.
    • Type: Turbine, electric drive
  • Screws: 4
  • Boilers:
    • Manufacturer: BW
    • No.: 8
  • Fuel :
    • Fuel Oil: 4,656 Tons
  • Drive: TE
  • Class: Tennessee

Armament:

  • Main:
    • (12) 14"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (14) 5"/51
    • (4) 3"/50
  • Torpedo Tubes:
    • (2) 21" submerged
1922
  • Main:
    • (12) 14"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (12) 5"/51
    • (8) 3"/50
  • Torpedo Tubes:
    • (2) 21" submerged

1929:

  • Main:
    • (12) 14"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (12) 5"/51
    • (8) 5"/25 AA
  • Torpedo Tubes:
    • (2) 21" submerged

1935:

  • Main:
    • (12) 14"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (12) 5"/51
    • (8) 5"/25 AA

1941:

  • Main:
    • (12) 14"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (10) 5"/51
    • (8) 5"/25 AA
    • (4) 3"/50 AA

1943:

  • Main:
    • (12) 14"/50
  • Secondary:
    • (16) 5"/38 AA
Bibliography
Larry W. Jewell, Who's Who of United States Battleships, (Internet publication), edition: 30 August, 1993.
James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964), Vol.1 -- A-B, p. 197
James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981), Vol.7: T-V, p. 88-100

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