USS North Carolina Bio

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Name: USS North Carolina

Nickname: "Showboat"

Originated from: World of Warships: Legends

Looks:

Tier: VI

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Tier: VI

Builder:
New York Naval Shipyard

Laid down: 27 October 1937

Launched: 13 June 1940

Commissioned: 9 April 1941

Decommissioned: 27 June 1947

Stricken: 1 June 1960

General characteristics

Class and type:
North Carolina-class battleship

Displacement
Standard: 35,000 long tons (36,000 t)
Full load: 44,800 long tons (45,500 t)

Length
728 ft 9 in (222.12 m)

Beam
108 ft 4 in (33.02 m)

Draft
32 ft 11.5 in (10.046 m)

Installed power
8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
121,000 shp (90,000 kW)

Propulsion
4 × General Electric steam turbines
4 × screw propellers

Speed
28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)

Range
17,450 nmi (32,320 km; 20,080 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Complement
1,800

Armament
9 × 16 in (406 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 guns

Armament9 × 16 in (406 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 guns

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20 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose guns

20 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose guns

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16 × 1.1 in (28 mm) anti-aircraft guns

1 in (28 mm) anti-aircraft guns

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18 × .50-cal machine guns

ArmorBelt: 12 in (305 mm)

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Armor
Belt: 12 in (305 mm)

Gun turret: 16 in (406 mm)

Deck: 5.5 in (140 mm)

Conning tower: 14.7 in (373 mm)

Aircraft carried
3 × Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes

Aviation facilities
2 × trainable catapults on his fantail

Naval admiral Commader:

Norman Scott Level 8

Inspiration: Admiral Franz von Hipper
Level: 10 golden *will to rebuild skill: active*

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