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2. HMS Vanguard (23) - Wikipedia

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   The barbettes for the 15-inch guns were 13 inches thick on the sides but tapered to 11–12 inches (279–305 mm) closer to the centreline of the ship. The side and roof armour of the 5.25-inch turrets was 2.5 inches (64 mm) thick. Their ammunition hoists were protected by armour 2–6 inches (51–152 mm) thick. [32] [33]

3. Kongō-class battlecruiser - Wikipedia

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   It also called for eight 14-inch guns mounted in four twin gun turrets (two forward and two aft) with a top speed of 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph). [7] To ensure transfer of the latest design knowledge to Japan more than 100 technical specialists were sent on 18 months secondments from Japan to Vickers during the construction phase of Kongō ...

4. USS New Ironsides - Wikipedia

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   Bulkheads: 2.5 in (64 mm) USS New Ironsides was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship spent most of her career blockading the Confederate ports of Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1863–65. New Ironsides bombarded the fortifications defending ...

5. Liberty ship - Wikipedia

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   Another notable Liberty ship was SS Stephen Hopkins, which sank the German commerce raider Stier in a ship-to-ship gun battle in 1942 and became the first American ship to sink a German surface combatant. Eastine Cowner, a former waitress, at work on the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver at the Kaiser shipyards, Richmond, California, in ...

6. Wooden boats of World War II - Wikipedia

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   The 36-foots boats: Have two cabinets, displacement of 10,000 lb (4.5 t)ons), a beam of 8.9 feet, a draft of 30 inches, a Crew of 3, fuel of 240 gallons, power from one engine with 180 HP from Consolidated Speedway MR-6 six-cylinder gasoline engine. Top speed of 20-25 knots with a range of 175 miles. [68] [69] [70]

7. King George V-class battleship (1939) - Wikipedia

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   The horizontal protection over the magazines consisted of three layers with a total thickness of 9.13 in (232 mm); the weather deck consisted of 1.25 inches of Ducol (D) steel, [b] the main armoured deck was of non-cemented steel armour 5.88 in (149 mm) thick over a 0.5-inch D [22] steel deck and above the shell rooms there was another 1.5-inch ...