

![]() Artist's impression of Montana. USS MONTANA atau disebut dengan Montana -Class battleship.Kapal ini berbentuk mirip Kelas IOWA, tapi kapal ini memiliki empat kubah meriam utama sedangkan IOWA hanya punya tiga kubah meriam utama.Tapi karena minimnya anggaran ,produksi dan penelitian untuk prototype kapal perang ini pun dihentikan,karena perang juga sudah tiba di penghujung waktu. jadi saya cuma bisa memberi spesifikasi dari rancangan yang ada.Gambar di atas adalah rancangan yang semula akan menjadi bentuk utuh dari montana-class | |
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Ordered: | 19 July 1940 |
Builder: | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Fate: | Canceled 21 July 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 65,000 tons (standard);[1] 70,965 tons (full load)[2][3][4] |
Length: | 920 ft 6 in (280.6 m)[2] |
Beam: | 121 ft 0 in (36.9 m)[2] |
Draft: | 36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)[2] |
Propulsion: | 8 Babcock & Wilcox 2-drum express type boilers powering 4 sets of Westinghouse geared steam turbines 4 × 43,000 hp (128 MW)[2] |
Speed: | 28 knot (52 km/h) maximum[5][2] |
Range: | 15,000 nmi at 15 knots (28 km/h)[1] |
Complement: | Standard: 2,355[2] Flagship: 2,789[2] |
Armament: | 12 × 16 in (406 mm) 50 cal. Mark 7 guns[2] 20 × 5 in (127 mm) 54 cal. Mark 16 guns[2] 10–40 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun[2] 56 × Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun[2] |
Armor: | Side belt: 16.1 in tapering to 10.2 in on 1 in STS plate inclined 19 degrees Lower side belt: 7.2 in tapered to 1 in inclined 10 degrees[1] Bulkheads: 18 in forward, 15.25 in aft[1] Barbettes: 21.3 in, 18 in (aft)[1] Turrets: up to 22.5 in Decks: up to 6 in |
Aircraft carried: | 3–4 × Vought OS2U Kingfisher/Curtiss SC Seahawk |
Aviation facilities: | Two aft catapults for launch of seaplanes[3] |
Notes: | Last battleship class designed for the United States Navy |