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FUEL
 
  Coal vs Fuel Oil  
     
  BTUs  
Coal:  13,500
(good steaming coal used by the US Navy) - "Principles of Oil and Gas Production", 1916
Oil:  18,900
US Bureau of Mines cited in "Principles of Oil and Gas Production", 1916
  Fuel Stored in 43 Cubic Feet  
 Coal:  One Ton
("General Information U.S.S. 'TEXAS' finished plans Nos. 37 and 38" , pg 26, Coal Bunker Capacities)
  Fuel Oil:  7.26 barrels
((43 * 7.48) / 42)  * 0.95 
*** 43 cubic feet
*** 7.48 gallons of liquid per cubic foot
*** 42 gallons per barrel
*** 0.95 allowance for expansion
 
  Relative Heating Effect of Coal vs Fuel Oil  
  (43 cubic feet)  
   "Marine Steam", Babcock and Wilcox, 1914  
     
1 ton coal = 4.60 barrels of fuel oil
7.26 barrels fuel oil = 1.58 tons of coal
 
  Fuel Storage  
  Type Quantity Cubic Feet   3rd dk 1st Platform thru Hold Inner Bottom
1914 Coal 2,891 (tons) a 124,341   44,687 79,654 .
. Oil 464 (tons)  a b 19,540   0 0 19,450
1926 Oil 1,500,000 (gals) c 200,550 d   0 200,550 (and inner bottom) .
  a  "General Information U.S.S. 'TEXAS'" finished plans nos 37 and 38
  b 441 tons normal tonnage (to allow expansion, only 95% of the 464 ton capacity was filled)
  c BB35 newspaper of 27 September 1927 as maximum capacity
  d 1,5000,000 * 0.1337 (0.1337 cubic feet for one gallon)
 
  1935 Fuel Use Data  
USN Fuel Allowance Table - July 1935
 Columns right of GPH: my calculations from Knots, RPM and GPH, plus distance at 10knots of speed
NM: nautical mile
PLACE: among the 15 battleships, by gals consumed per hour
Miles: Two sources list 15,000 knots and 15,400 knots at 10knots per hour.
At 15,200 knots fuel use comes to 1,156,720 gallons. 
BB35 newspaper of 27 September 1927 reports 1,500,000 gallons as maximum capacity. 
The 1,156,720 figure was used to calculate miles at the other speeds
 
  Knots RPM GPH % GPH Change Gal per nm % gal change per nm place 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  
 
  Miles Traveled on 66 Gallons  
  Gallons To Go One Mile  
 

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Started 11 May 1999 Chuck Moore, FTV (1st Texas Volunteers) BB35 volunteer group