BIC San José

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BIC San José
Italian battleship Roma (1940) starboard bow view.jpg
BIC San José in 1957.
History
Creeperopolis
Name: BIC San José
Namesake: Saint José
Owner: Creeperian Navy
Port of registry: San Pedro
Ordered: 1 January 1951
Builder: Díaz–Mori Shipbuilding
Yard number: 599
Way number: 2
Laid down: 18 September 1951
Launched: 9 June 1953
Completed: 14 June 1955
Acquired: 20 June 1955
Commissioned: 1 July 1955
Decommissioned: 18 March 1980
Fate: Scrapped, 1983
General characteristics
Class and type: San José-class battleship
Displacement: Full load: 45,485 long tons (46,215 t)
Length: 240.68 m (789 ft 8 in) loa
Beam: 32.82 m (107 ft 8 in)
Draft: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Installed power:
  • 8 × boilers
  • 128,000 shp (95,000 kW)
Propulsion:
  • 4 × steam turbines
  • 4 × screw propellers
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 1,830–1,950
Armament:
  • 9 × 381 mm (15 in) guns
  • 12 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
  • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in)/40 guns
  • 12 × 90 mm (3.5 in) anti-aircraft guns
  • 20 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
  • 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns
Armor:
  • Belt: 350 mm (13.8 in)
  • Deck: 162 mm (6 in)
  • Turrets: 350 mm
  • Conning tower: 260 mm (10 in)

BIC San José was a Creeperian battleship. It was laid down in September 1951, launched in June 1953, and completed in June 1955, being commissioned by the Creeperian Navy on 1 July 1955. The battleship was the first constructed after the conclusion of the Creeperian Civil War.