USS Nevada (BB-36)

History of the USS Nevada (BB-36)

The USS Nevada (BB-36) was the third U.S. Navy ship to be named after the 36th state and was the main class battleship of the two USS Nevada . Founded in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in Dreadnought technology.

Four of her new features would be included on nearly every American warship that followed: triple turrets, oil instead of coal as fuel, geared steam turbines for longer range, and an all-or-nothing armoring principle. These features made the Nevada the US Navy's first "standard" battleship, alongside her sister ship USS Oklahoma.

Nevada fought in two world wars. During the final months of World War I, Nevada was stationed in Bantry Bay, Ireland, to protect supply convoys to and from England. During World War II, she was one of the battleships trapped during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

The Nevada was the only battleship to go to sea during the attack, making the ship America's "only bright spot on an otherwise gloomy and depressing morning." Still, the ship was hit by a torpedo and at least six bombs as it sailed away from the battleship area, forcing the crew to run the battered ship aground on a coral outcrop. The boat continued the tide and eventually slipped off the edge and sank to the harbour floor.

USS Nevada was subsequently salvaged and modernized at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, allowing her to act as a escort escort in the Atlantic and in five amphibious assaults (Attu, Normandy, Southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa invasions) as a fire support ship.

At the end of World War II, the Navy decided that, due to her age, the Nevada would no longer be part of the active fleet, but was instead designated as the target ship for the nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946 (Operation Crossroads) . The ship was hit by the explosion of the Able nuclear bomb, severely damaged and radioactively contaminated. Nevada was decommissioned on August 29, 1946, and sank on July 31, 1948, for naval gunnery practice.

Specification

Basic

Year of Service

1916

Origins

United States

supplement

2,000

staff

Class information

Class

Nevada class

Class Size

2

ships

Class

USS Nevada (BB-36); USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Operators

United States

Characters

Sea Bombing

Maritime bombardment/attack of surface targets/areas primarily through ship-based ballistic weapons.

Land Assault

Littoral attacks against surface targets primarily through ship-based missiles/missile weapons.

Sea Patrol

Active patrolling of critical waterways and sea areas; also serves as a local deterrent against air and maritime threats.

Airspace Denial/Deterrence

Neutralization or deterrence of flying elements by airborne missile weapon ballistics.

Fleet Support

Provide support (fire or materiel) to major surface fleets in blue water environments.

Flagship/Capital Ship

Take on the role of fleet flagship or capital ship in old battleship design/terminology.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

583. 0 feet

177.70m

Ray

95. 0 feet

28.96m

Draft

28.5 feet

8.69m

Shift

29,000 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

12 x Yarrow kettles (later 6 x Bureau Express kettles); Curtiss steam turbine developed 24,800 shaft horsepower on 2 shafts.

Surface Velocity

section 20.5

(23.6 km/h)

Area

7,995nm

(9,200 miles | 14,806 km)

Weapons

Factory: 10 x 14" (356 mm) /45 caliber guns 21 x 5" (127 mm) /51 caliber guns 2 x 3" /50 caliber anti-aircraft guns 2 x 21 " (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1927: 10 x 14 in / 45 caliber guns 12 x 5 in / 51 caliber guns 8 x 5 in / 25 caliber guns 8 x 1.1 in (28 mm) anti-aircraft guns 1942: 16 x 5 in (127mm)/38 caliber guns 32 x 40mm Bofors 40 x 20mm Oerlikon AA

AIRCRAFT

3 x Floatplane Aircraft