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Keel Laid Down (New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn), June 27, 1940 Launched: August 27, 1942 Commissioned: February 22, 1943 Decommissioned: San Francisco, March 24, 1949 (9 WWII battle stars) Recommissioned: August 25, 1951 Decommissioned: Philadelphia, February 24, 1958 (2 Korea battle stars) Recommissioned: April 28, 1984 Length: 887 ' 3 Beam: 108 ' 2 (one foot less than the Panama Canal) Draft: 38 ' Height: 209 ' from keel to mast top (approximately as tall as an 18 storv building) m Displacement: 58,000 tons m Original cost: $110,000,000 Scope of Construction: 800 miles of welding, 1,135,00 driven rivets, 16 miles of ventilation ducts, 14,140 valves and 80 miles of piping; 17 miles which is used for refrigeration and cooling purposes. Fuel Oil Capacity: 2,582,000 gallons Electrical Capacity: sufficient to handle the industrial and domestic load of a city of 20,000 population, and includes over 900 electrical motors, 5,300 lighting fixtures, 250 miles of electric cable and 1,091 ship ' s service telephones. Food Storage Capacity: 100 tons of fresh fruit and vegetables, 650 tons of dry stores and 84 tons of frozen meats. Armor: sides 12.1 ; maximum conning tower thickness 17 V2 Guns: Three 16 ' 750 turrets (9 guns) - range 42,345 yds (23 miles) Each 16 projectile weighs approximately 2,700 pounds and can penetrate up to 30 feet of concrete. Each barrel is 66 ' 8 long M Six, 5 ' 738 twin gun mounts (12 guns) - range 17,575 yards % Four, Phalanx Close-In Weapons systems (each capable of 3,000 rounds minute) Missiles: Eight Tomahawk armored box launchers (32 long-range cruise missiles) Four, 4-canister Harpoon launchers (16 anti-ship cruise missiles) Main Engines: 4 geared Westinghouse turbines; 53,000 horsepower each j Boilers: 8 Babcock Wilcox I Propellers: two 5-bladed 17 ' ; two 4-bladed 18 ' 3 (total of four? Rudders: two Speed: 30+ knots Design Complement (WWII): 117 officers, 1,804 enlisted Complement (after modernization): 60 officers, 1,500 enlisted
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