Ship's Specifications

Length: 887’ 3"

Beam: 108’ 2"

Draft: 37’ 9"

Displacement: 58,000 tons fully loaded

Boilers: Eight 600-PSI Babock & Wilcox

Main Engines: Four geared Westinghouse turbines

Horsepower: 212,000 shaft horsepower (total all four shafts)

Propellers: Two Five-bladed 17’ 5" (inboard) Two four-bladed 18’ 3" (outboard)

Speed: In excess of 33 knots

Tank Capacity: 2.2 million gallons of fuel oil 37,000 gallons of aviation fuel 210,000 gallons of fresh water

Anchors: Two anchors, port and starboard bow, each weighing 30,000 pounds. Each anchor chain is 12 shots or 1,080 feet long and each link weighs about 120 pounds.

Armor: The main armor belt of the hull is 12.1" tapering vertically to 1.62". To protect the propellers and shafts aft, the armor is 12.1" thick.

Other armor thicknesses are:

Personnel:

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