Jeanne d'Arc (Training Cruiser)

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Name	Jeanne d'Arc
Namesake	Joan of Arc
Builder	Saint-Nazaire
Laid down	September 1928
Launched	1930
Christened	14 February 1930
Commissioned	October 1931
Decommissioned	1964
Homeport	Toulon
Nickname(s)	"La Jeanne"
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Training cruiser
Displacement	6,500 t (6,400 long tons)
Length	170 m (557 ft 9 in)
Beam	17.7 m (58 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Installed power	boilers 32,500 shp (24,200 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) (27.8 on trials)
Range	5,000 mi (4,300 nmi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement	28 officers 120 petty officers 424 quarter-masters and sailors 156 student officers
Armament	Initial[1] 8 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/50 guns in 4 double turrets (2 bow, 2 aft) 4 × 75 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 1) 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) light AA guns (2 × 2) 12 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns (4 × 3) 2 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 1) Refit 1943[2] 8 × 155 mm (6.1 in)/50 guns in 4 double turrets (2 bow, 2 aft) 4 × 75 mm (3 in) anti-aircraft guns (4 × 1) 6 × 40 mm (1.6 in) anti-aircraft guns (6 × 1) 20 × 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft guns (20 × 1)
Armour	Magazine box: 20 mm (0.79 in) Turrets and conning tower: 30 mm (1.2 in)
Aircraft carried	2 CAMS reconnaissance airplanes (removed in 1943 refit)