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01 / Overview
North Carolina-class battleship
Category
Country
Prime contractor
Production
1941–1941
Quantity
2
Unit Price (current)
$1.1B↗ 2136% inflation · 1937→2025
Original Price
$50.0M (1937)
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
BATTLESHIPS · WORLD WAR II
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PERFORMANCE/PRICE
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UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$1.1B
Original: $50.0M (1937)
Inflation: +%2136
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the battleships category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎Identification8MOD.8
- Hull ClassificationBB
- Ship Typebattleship
- Builder / ShipyardNew York Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
- Laid Down1937
- Launched1940
- Commissioned1941
- Ships in Class2
- In ServiceYes
◈Displacement3MOD.3
- Light Displacement36,600 t
- Standard Displacement36,600 t
- Full Load Displacement44,800 t
▣Dimensions4MOD.4
- Length (overall)221.9 m
- Length (waterline)217.5 m
- Beam32.9 m
- Draft10.8 m
◇Complement3MOD.3
- Total Complement1,880
- Officers108
- Air Wing Personnel0
◆Propulsion9MOD.9
- PropulsionSteam Turbine
- Arrangement (CODAG/COGAG…)four sets of General Electric geared turbines, 8 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 4 shafts
- Number of Engines8
- Shaft Power90,250 kW
- Shafts / Screws4
- Top Speed28 kn
- Cruise Speed15 kn
- Range17,450
- Nuclear-PoweredNo
▤Gun Armament5MOD.5
- Main Gun9 × 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 guns (3 × 3)
- Main Gun Calibre406 mm
- Main Gun Count9
- Secondary Guns20 × 5"/38 caliber Mark 12 guns (10 × 2)
- CIWSBofors 40 mm, Oerlikon 20 mm
⬢Missile Armament4MOD.4
▲Underwater Warfare4MOD.4
- Torpedo Tubes0
- ASW CapabilityYes
- Hull-Mounted SonarNo
- Towed Array SonarNo
◎Aviation5MOD.5
- Embarked Helicopters0
- HangarNo
- Flight DeckYes
- Fixed-Wing Aircraft2
- UAV CapabilityNo
◈Sensors & Combat Systems5MOD.5
- Air-Search Radarmodern radars mounted on fore and main masts
- Phased-Array RadarNo
- Combat Systemradar-directed main batteries
- Aegis / EquivalentNo
- Electronic WarfareYes
▣Survivability5MOD.5
- CBRN CitadelYes
- DegaussingYes
- Hull Materialsteel
- Stealth ShapingNo
- Automated Damage ControlYes
◇Cost1MOD.1
- Unit Cost50,000,000 USD
◆Fleet Status8MOD.8
- Completed2
- Active0
- Under Construction0
- Planned2
- Cancelled0
- Lost0
- Retired2
- Preserved1
▤Armour3MOD.3
- Armourbelt 305 mm, barbettes 406 mm, turrets 406 mm, decks 37/127/16 mm, conning tower 305 mm
- Belt Armour305 mm
- Deck Armour127 mm
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
- 1912Entered service
- 1939First deployment: World War II
- 1941Production started
85
years in service
0
years in production
2
units produced
1
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it.
05 / MASS Score
Not enough weapon data to rank this category.
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
ⓘ Rankings are within theBattleshipscategory.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE8terms
Anti-Submarine Warfare. Capability to detect, track, and engage submarines.
Automated Damage Control is a shipboard system that detects, assesses, and mitigates combat damage on aircraft carriers using sensors and software to enhance response speed and reduce crew workload.
A defensive system on fleet aircraft carriers designed to detect, protect against, and mitigate chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats.
A technique to reduce a ship's magnetic signature by neutralizing its internal magnetic field, minimizing vulnerability to magnetic mines or detection.
Military action involving the use of electromagnetic spectrum to disrupt, deceive, or destroy enemy electronic systems.
The upper deck of an aircraft carrier, equipped for aircraft takeoff, landing, and maintenance operations.
Cruise missiles designed to strike land targets from naval platforms, typically launched from ships or submarines.
A mechanical device that converts steam pressure into rotational energy, used to drive shipboard generators or propulsion systems.
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