Nassau-class Battleship
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 SMS Nassau, 1940
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| Class overview | |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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Belt: 170-350 mm Deck: 60 mm Turrets: 350 mm |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x reconnaissance aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | 3 x catapult |
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