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Revision as of 17:36, 10 April 2019

Uss maryland bb.jpg
SMS Nassau, 1940
Class overview
Builders: Englean Kaiserreich
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Götterdämmerung Class
Succeeded by: Kaiser Class
Built: 1923-1926
In commission: 1927-1949
Planned: 2
Completed: 1
Cancelled: 1
Active: 0
Retired: 2
Scrapped: 0
Englean Kaiserreich
Name: Nassau
Namesake: House of Nassau
Ordered: 5 December 1921
Laid down: 24 April 1923
Launched: 3 March 1926
Commissioned: 30 June 1927
Decommissioned: 4 April 1949
Fate: Sunk as target in Operation Typhoon, 1952.
Status: Wreck located in Nukagawa Bay, Nukagawa Archipelago
General characteristics
Type: Battleship
Displacement: 33,100 tons
Length: 190 m (620 ft)
Beam: 29.72 m (97.5 ft)
Draft: 9.30 m (30.5 ft)
Propulsion: Prototype Imperial Electric Works HB-778 turbo-electric drives.
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement: 1,080
Armament:
  • 8x 38 cm SK C/16
  • 12x 15 cm SK C/12
  • 14x 8.8 cm SK C/06
  • 16x 3.7 cm SK C/35
  • 16x 2 cm C/36
Armour:

Belt: 170-350 mm Deck: 60 mm

Turrets: 350 mm
Aircraft carried: 2 x reconnaissance aircraft
Aviation facilities: 3 x catapult