Data Quality86%
01 / Overview
Pennsylvania-class battleship
Category
Country
Production
1915–1916
Quantity
2
Unit Price (current)
$497.8M↗ 3219% inflation · 1912→2025
Original Price
$15.0M (1912)
Operators
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
BATTLESHIPS · WORLD WAR I
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PERFORMANCE/PRICE
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UNIT COST (2025 USD)
$497.8M
Original: $15.0M (1912)
Inflation: +%3219
ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the battleships category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
◎Identification7MOD.7
- Hull ClassificationDreadnought battleship
- Ship TypeSuper-dreadnought
- Builder / ShipyardNewport News Shipbuilding, New York Navy Yard
- Laid Down1913
- Launched1915
- Commissioned1916
- Ships in Class2
◈Displacement2MOD.2
- Standard Displacement29,158 t
- Full Load Displacement31,917 t
▣Dimensions4MOD.4
- Length (overall)185 m
- Length (waterline)183 m
- Beam30 m
- Draft9 m
◇Complement2MOD.2
- Total Complement915
- Officers55
◆Propulsion7MOD.7
- PropulsionSteam Turbine
- Number of Engines4
- Shaft Power23,490 kW
- Shafts / Screws4
- Top Speed21 kn
- Cruise Speed12 kn
- Range6,070
▤Gun Armament4MOD.4
- Main Gun14"/45 caliber gun
- Main Gun Calibre356 mm
- Main Gun Count12
- Secondary Guns5-inch/51-caliber gun
⬢Underwater Warfare1MOD.1
- Torpedo Tubes2
▲Survivability2MOD.2
◎Fleet Status4MOD.4
- Completed2
- Lost1
- Retired1
- Preserved1
◈Armour3MOD.3
- ArmourKrupp armor
- Belt Armour343 mm
- Deck Armour76 mm
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANRetired
- 1912Entered service
- 1914First deployment: World War I
- 1915Production started
- 1916Production ended
111
years in service
1
years in production
2
units produced
0
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country no longer actively operates it. 1 countries retired it.
05 / MASS Score
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MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
ⓘ Rankings are within theBattleshipscategory.
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