Last update: 22.02.2001
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Wichita class
General Info
Fleet / Country: United States Navy / United States In service from: 1939 Complement (officers/enlisted): 929

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
185,40  /   183,00
Beam overall / wl.:
18,80  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
6,1  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
10590
Full loaded
13015

Armament
Main guns
9x203/55
Secondary guns
8x127/38,24x40,20x20
Planes
4
Catapults
2

Engines
Boilers
6 x Babcock & Wilcox
Turbines
4 x Westinghouse
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
33,0
endurance
7200 miles @ 15 kts
Engines load
100000 HP
Fuel
2243 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
0

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
152,4-107,95-38,1
Decks
127-50,8
Conning tower
152,4
Main Battery turrets
Faces: 152,4
Sides: 38,1
Back: 38,1
Wichita,