July 1935
Source: USN Fuel Allowance Table - July 1935
- GPH= Gal per hour
- Column right of GPH are my calculations from Knots, RPM and GPH, plus know distance at 10knots of speed
- NM = nautical mile
- PLACE = among the 15 battleships, by rate of speed for gals consumed per hour
- Sailing Distance - assuming 1,150,000 gals of useable fuel. Two different sources list distances of 15,000 knots and 15,400 knots at 10knots per hour. With known gals per hour consumed at 10knots, the total gals consumed could be derived.
knots
RPM
GPH
% GPH Change
Gal per nm
% gal change per nm
place
Sailing distance (miles) 5
28
330
0
66
0
6
17,424 6
34
378
1.15
63
0.95
6
18,253 7
40
439
1.16
63
1
8
18,253 8
47
536
1.22
67
1.06
10
17,164 9
53
639
1.19
71
1.06
11
16,197 10
59
761
1.19
76
1.07
13
15,111 11
64
906
1.19
82
1.08
14
14,024 12
70
1093
1.21
91
1.11
14
12,637 13
76
1265
1.16
97
1.07
14
11,855 14
82
1481
1.17
106
1.09
14
19,849 15
88
1786
1.21
119
1.12
15
9,663 16
95
2237
1.25
140
1.18
15
8,214 17
101
2686
1.2
158
1.13
15
7,782 18
107
3277
1.22
182
1.15
15
6,318 19
113
3792
1.16
200
1.1
14
5,750 20
120
4303
1.13
215
1.07
13
5,324