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<tr><th! colspan=2 style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;">| '''''Nevada'' -class battleship</th></tr>'''

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<tr><td |colspan="2" align="center">|[[Image:Uss nevada.jpg|300px|USS Nevada, the lead ship of the class]]

<tr><th colspan=2 style="color: white; background: navy;">Class Overview</th></tr>

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<tr><td>Class Type</td><td>[[Battleship]]</td></tr>

<tr><th! colspan=2 style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;">| Class Overview</th></tr>

<tr><td>Class Name</td><td>[[Nevada]]</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Preceded By</td><td>[[New York class battleship|''New York''-class]]</td></tr>

|Class type:||[[Battleship]]

<tr><td>Succeded By</td><td>[[Pennsylvania class battleship|''Pennsylvania''-class]]</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Ships of the Class:</td><td>''Nevada, Oklahoma''</td></tr>

|Class name:||[[Nevada|The State of Nevada]]

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<tr><td>|Preceded By</td><td>by:||[[New York class battleship|''New York''- class]]</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Succeded|Succeeded By</td><td>by:||[[Pennsylvania class battleship|''Pennsylvania''- class]]</td></tr>

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|Ships of the line:||''[[USS Nevada (BB-36)|Nevada (BB-36)]], [[USS Oklahoma (BB-37)|Oklahoma (BB-37)]]''

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! colspan=2 style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics (USS ''Nevada'')

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|[[Displacement]]:||Standard: 27,500 &nbsp;[[ton]]s;<br>Mean War Service:

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|Length:||583&nbsp;[[foot (unit of length)|ft]] (177.7&nbsp;[[Metre|m]])

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|[[Beam]]:||95&nbsp;ft 3&nbsp;[[inch|in]] (29&nbsp;m)

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|[[Draft]]:||28.5&nbsp;ft (8.7&nbsp;m)

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|Speed:||20.5&nbsp;[[knot (speed)|knot]]s (38&nbsp;kp/h)

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|Complement:||864 officers and men

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|Max. cruising radius||

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|Power:||''Nevada'': 26,500 horsepower (20 MW);<br>''Oklahoma'': 24,800 horsepower (18 MW)

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|Drive:||Two propellers;<br>''Nevada'': geared steam turbines<br>''Oklahoma'': triple-expansion steam reciprocating engines

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|Fuel:||

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|[[Armour]]||[[Belt armor|Belt]]:<br>[[Bulkhead]]s:<br>[[Barbette]]s:<br>[[Turret]]s:<br>[[Deck]]s:

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The '''''Nevada'' class battleships''' carried the [[United States Navy]]'s first triple gun turrets, a feature that would be seen in all but one of its future [[battleship]] designs (the [[Colorado class battleship|''Colorado'' class]] would be the last to carry twin turrets, armed with dual-mounted 16" guns). Even more significantly, they introduced the so-called "all or nothing" armor scheme, in which protection of vital areas was optimized against heavy caliber guns, leaving other parts of the ship essentially unprotected. This reflected a growing awareness that improved gunfire controls would drive battleship engagements out to long ranges, where smaller guns would only serve to defend against torpedo and air attack. Thus, armor intended to counter those guns would be, at best, a waste of valuable weight. The basic concept of the ''Nevada''s' armor system was ultimately adopted by all naval powers. The ships marked the end (in the USN) of the midships turret, which had traditionally proven to be problematic because of the necessity of having the midships magazine surrounded by extremely hot boilers and pressurized steam lines. Instead, Turrets I and IV had an additional weapon added, becoming triples instead of doubles and allowing the same amount of firepower with one fewer turret.

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== General characteristics ==

* Displacement: 27,500 tons

* Length: 177.7 m (583 ft)

* Beam: 29 m (95 ft 3 in)

* Powerplant: 26,500 horsepower (20 MW) geared steam turbines in ''Nevada''; 24,800 horsepower (18 MW) triple-expansion steam reciprocating engines in ''Oklahoma''. Both had two propellers

* Speed: 20.5 knots (38 km/h)

* Armament

** Main battery: 10 x 14 in (356 mm) 45-caliber guns in two triple and two (superfiring) twin turrets

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== References ==

initiallyInitially based on the public ___domain article published by the [[Department of the Navy]]'s Naval Historical Center

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