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: | Tannhäuser 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 |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: |
Belt: 170-350 mm Deck: 60 mm Turrets: 350 mm |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x reconnaissance aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | 3 x catapult |
The Nassau class was a planned set of battleships for service in the Kaiserliche-Marine. Ultimately only one vessel was completed, being the SMS Nassau in service from 1927-1949. This vessel used the prototype turbo-electric drive developed by the Imperial Electric Works in 1918, which would be later installed in Englean cruisers and battlecruisers for the following decades. This class of ships was designed to be a "modern battleship" for usage during the 1920s in order to compliment the older fleet in service, which comprised of both pre-war and First Great War battleships. The SMS Nassau was used in the Ophion theatre of war during the Second Great War, and was decommissioned in 1949. After decommissioning, it was decided to remove her equipment (guns, turbo-electric drive) and use her as a target in Operation Typhoon in 1952 in Nukagawa Bay.
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