South Carolina, laid down 1906 

     Length, 138.0 m x Beam, 24.0 m x Depth, 7.4 m 
          15864 tonnes normal displacement (14682 tonnes standard) 

     Main battery:       8 x 30.5-cm (4 x 2; 2 superfiring) 
     Secondary battery: 22 x  7.6-cm 

          Weight of broadside: 3282 kg 

     2 TT, 53.3 cm (submerged)

     Main belt, 27.9 cm; bow and stern, 20.3 cm 
     Upper belt, 20.3 cm 
     Armor deck, average 3.8 cm 
     Conning tower, 30.5 cm 

     Battery armor: 
          Main, 30.5 cm / secondary, 12.7 cm 
           

     Maximum speed for 10823 indicated kw = 18.00 knots 
          Approximate cruising radius, 7000 nm / 10 knots 

     Typical complement: 707-919 


                    Estimated cost, $6.120 million (£1.530 million) 

          Remarks: 

     Caution: Hull structure is subject to strain 
     in open-sea conditions. 

     Relative extent of belt armor,
     89 percent of 'typical' coverage. 

     Cramped ship; poor crew accommodation,
     limited working space. 


          Distribution of weights: 
                                                       Percent 
                                                       normal 
                                                    displacement: 

          Armament .........................    903 tonnes =   6 pct 
          Armor, total .....................   5530 tonnes =  35 pct 

               Belt                            2539 tonnes =  16 pct 
               Deck                             733 tonnes =   5 pct 
               C.T.                             164 tonnes =   1 pct 
               Armament                        2095 tonnes =  13 pct 

          Machinery ........................   2072 tonnes =  13 pct 
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....   5208 tonnes =  33 pct 
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........   2101 tonnes =  13 pct 
          Miscellaneous weights ............     50 tonnes =   0 pct 
                                              ----- 
                                              15864 tonnes = 100 pct 

          Estimated metacentric height, 1.1 m 

     Displacement summary: 

          Light ship:             13763 tonnes 
          Standard displacement:  14682 tonnes 
          Normal service:         15864 tonnes 
          Full load:              16746 tonnes 

          Loading submergence 2481 tonnes/metre 

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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability: 

          Relative margin of stability: 1.03 

          Shellfire needed to sink: 6244 kg = 15.9 x 30.5-cm shells 
               (Approximates weight of penetrating 
               shell hits needed to sink ship, 
               not counting critical hits) 

          Torpedoes needed to sink: 2.1 
               (Approximates number of 'typical' 
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship) 

          Relative steadiness as gun platform, 51 percent 
               (50 percent is 'average') 

          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.42 

          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.01 

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     Hull form characteristics: 

          Block coefficient: 0.64 
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.45 
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 5.51 
          'Natural speed' for length = 21.3 knots 
          Power going to wave formation 
               at top speed: 44 percent 


     Estimated hull characteristics and strength: 

          Relative underwater volume absorbed by 
               magazines and engineering spaces: 89 percent 

          Relative accommodation and working space: 83 percent 


          Displacement factor: 92 percent 
               (Displacement relative to loading factors) 


          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.96 
               (Structure weight per square 
               metre of hull surface: 728 kg) 

          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 1.16 
               (for 3.55 m average freeboard; 
               freeboard adjustment -1.51 m) 

          Relative composite hull strength: 0.98 

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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1] 

452.64 x 78.72 x 24.27; 11.64 -- Dimensions 
0.64 -- Block coefficient 
1906 -- Year laid down 
18.00 / 7000 / 10.00; Reciprocating -- Speed / radius / cruise 
50 tons -- Miscellaneous weights 
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8 x 12.01; 4; 2 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring 
   : 
22 x 2.99; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets 
   : 
0 -- No tertiary (QF/AA) battery 
0 -- No fourth (light) battery 
2 / 2 / 20.98 -- TT / submerged / size 
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10.98 / 7.99 / 7.99 / 0.00; 89 -- Belt armor; relative extent 
1.50 / 12.01 -- Deck / CT 
12.01 / 5.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 -- Battery armor 


     (Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units) 


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South Carolina
138
24
7.4
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1906
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8
30.5
4
2
n
22
7.6
0
0
2
2
53.3
27.9
20.3
20.3
89.5
0
3.8
30.5
30.5
12.7
y
50
z
n
18
y
10
z
y
7000
3.55
z
50