Lexington-Class-Battlecruiser
Cancelled Battlecruisers - Lexington-class were 6 battlecruisers ordered 1916. 8× 16-inch guns, 33+ knots, light armor. Cancelled under Washington Naval Treaty 1922. Lexington (CC-1) and Saratoga (CC-3) converted to aircraft carriers. Others scrapped on slipways.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 36000 t
- Displacement (full)
- 47000 t
- Length
- 888.1 ft
- Beam
- 106 ft
- Crew
- 1300
- Ships built
- 0 as battlecruisers (2 completed as aircraft carriers)
- Commissioned
- Never as battlecruisers / 1927 as carriers
- Decommissioned
- Cancelled 1922 under Washington Treaty
Performance
- Top speed
- 34.5 kn
- Range
- 12000 nm at 10 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 16-inch/50 cal (4 twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 16× 6-inch/53 cal
- Torpedoes
- 2× 21-inch submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 7 inches
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 155.9
- Research cost
- 123,473
- Credit cost
- 109,130
Notable
- First US 16-inch gun ships designed
- Battlecruiser concept - speed over armor
- Turbo-electric drive (180,000 shp)
- 2 converted to carriers - saved from scrap