Eastleigh (CA-151)

The Eastleigh was was originally ordered as a Des Moines Class Heavy Cruiser.  She was the last of her class completed and saw limited service in the Korean and Viet-nam Wars. When she was offered for sale as scrap in the late 1970's she was purchase and brought to Eastleigh as a museum ship. The rumors are that the Drake Family were the core behind the organization to bring the ship to the city.

Power Generation

4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)

Propulsion

4 screws; 4 steam turbinesets

Weapons & Armament

3 × triple 8 in (203 mm) guns 6 × twin 5 in (127 mm) guns 12 × quadruple 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 24 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) AA guns

Armor and defense

Belt armor: 4–6 in (102–152 mm) Deck: 2.5 in (64 mm) Turrets: 1.5–8 in (38–203 mm) Barbettes: 6.3 in (160 mm) Conning tower: 6.5 in (165 mm) Bulkheads: 6 in (152 mm)

Sensors

SG-6 air search, SPS-8A height finding, SPS-12 air search, Turrets 2 and 3 were originally equipped with dual Mark 27 ranging radars, which were ultimately removed.

Motto

Ad Concidite aratra vestra in gladios

Rarity

Very Rare she is the last of her class of ship preserved.

Width

70 ft 10 in (21.59 m)

Length

673 ft 5 in (205.26 m)

Weight

14,500 long tons (14,733 t) standard 17,000 long tons (17,273 t) full load

Speed

33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)

Complement / Crew

61 officers and 1,085 sailors