Last update: 22.02.2001
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Northampton class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1930 Complement (officers/enlisted): 750

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
183,00  /   173,54
Beam overall / wl.:
20,10  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
5,0  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
9050
Full loaded
11420

Armament
Main guns
9x203/55
Secondary guns
8x127/25,16-28-32x40,27x20
Planes
3
Catapults
2

Engines
Boilers
8 x White Forster
Turbines
4 x Parsons
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
32,0
endurance
10200 miles @ 15 kts
Engines load
107000 HP
Fuel
3000 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
76,2
Decks
76,2-50,8
Main Battery turrets
Faces: 38,1
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