Military


BB-57 South Dakota Class

Specifications
Displacement, standard 35,000 tons
Displacement, full load 42,500 tons
Length Overall Length: 679 feet / 680 ft 0 inches
Waterline Length: 666 ft 0 inches
Beam Waterline Beam: 108 ft 2 inches
Draft Hull Draft: 26 ft 8 inches
Design Speed27 knots [23.0 knots was unbuilt BB-49]
Power Plant 4 sets, Westinghouse Turbines
8 Foster Wheeler Boilers (570 PSI)
Endurance 17000 NM @ 15 knots 6400 NM @ 25 knots
Armament 9 - 16-inch/45 caliber Mark 6 guns [Main Battery]
20 - 5-inch/38 caliber Mark 12 guns [Secondary Battery]
48 - 40mm Guns (12 mounts) [refitted]
52 - 20mm Guns [refitted]
8 - 3in guns [Secondary Battery] deleted
3 Quad - 1.1in machine guns [Secondary Battery] deleted
12 - .50-cal machine guns [Secondary Battery] deleted
2 - 21 in torpedo tubes (above water)
Compliment 145 officers
2112 enlisted
2,257 total / 2,300 wartime
Builders New York Naval yard, Camden NJ