USS Alabama (BB-60) - USS Alabama (BB-60) The third Alabama (BB-60) was laid down on February 1, 1940 by the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched on February 16, 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Lister Hill, wife of the senior Senator from Alabama; and commissioned on August 16, 1942, Capt. George B. Wilson in command. After fitting out, Alabama commenced her shakedown cruise in Chesapeake Bay on Armistice Day (11 November) 1942. As the year 1943 began, the new battleship headed north to conduct operational training out of Casco Bay, Maine. She returned to Chesapeake Bay on 11 January 1943 to carry out the last week of shakedown training. Following a period of availability and logistics support at Norfolk, Alabama was assigned to Task Group (TG) 22.2, and returned to Casco Bay for.
USS Alabama - USS Alabama There have been at least four United States Navy ships named Alabama, after the southern state of Alabama. The first Alabama was a 74-gun ship of the line, started in 1818, though never completed as such. She was eventually launched in 1864 as the storeship New Hampshire. The second Alabama (BB-8) was a battleship commissioned in 1900 and scrapped in 1924. The third Alabama (BB-60) was a battleship commissioned 1942 and converted to a museum ship in 1964. The fourth Alabama (SSBN 731) is an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine..
USS Washington (BB-56) - USS Washington (BB-56) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: 14 June 1938 Launched: 1 June 1940 Commissioned: 15 May 1941 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: 1 June 1960 General Characteristics Displacement: 35,000 tons Length: 729 feet Beam: 108 feet Draft: 38 feet Speed: 27 knots Complement: 108 officers, 1772 men Armament: nine 16-inch guns, 20 five-inch guns, 16 1.1-inch machineguns USS Washington (BB-56), a North Carolina-class battleship was the eighth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1938 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was launched on 1 June 1940 sponsored by Virginia Marshall of Spokane, Washington, a direct descendant of former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Marshall,.
United States battleships - such at the time) were the heavy-armored cruisers USS Maine (ACR-1) and USS Texas. The first ship of the United States Navy actually classified as a battleship and given a "BB" hull classification symbol was USS Indiana (BB-1). In total, the United States has commissioned 57 "BB" battleships. They may be grouped as the pre-Dreadnoughts, BB-25 and earlier; the dreadnoughts, BB-26 through BB-54; and the fast battleships, BB-55 and later. Indiana class: USS Indiana (BB-1) USS Massachusetts (BB-2) USS Oregon (BB-3) USS Iowa (BB-4) was unique. Kearsarge class: USS Kearsarge (BB-5) USS Kentucky (BB-6) Illinois class: USS Illinois (BB-7) USS Alabama (BB-8) USS Wisconsin (BB-9) Maine class: USS Maine (BB-10) USS Missouri (BB-11) USS Ohio (BB-12) Virginia class: USS Virginia (BB-13) USS Nebraska (BB-14) USS Georgia (BB-15) USS New Jersey (BB-16).
South Dakota class battleship - halted 8 February 1922, and the unfinished hulls were sold in 1923. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Ships 2 General Characteristics (designed) 3 Ships 4 General Characteristics Ships USS South Dakota (BB-49) USS Indiana (BB-50) USS Montana (BB-51) USS North Carolina (BB-52) USS Iowa (BB-53) USS Massachusetts (BB-54) General Characteristics (designed) Displacement: 43,200 tons Length: 684 feet Beam: 105 feet Draft: 33 feet Speed: 23 knots Armament Primary: 12 16-inch/50-caliber guns Secondary: 16 five-inch/53 caliber guns, eight three-inch/50-caliber antiaircraft guns, two 21-inch submerged torpedo tubes Construction of the second South Dakota-class began shortly before World War II. Built with Fiscal Year 1939 appropriations, they were more compact and better protected than the preceding North Carolina class, but had the same main battery of nine 16-inch/45-caliber guns in triple turrets. Their innovative.
List of ships of the United States Navy - line of the United States Navy list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy list of military vessels named after living Americans There is also a list of ships of the Japanese Navy. (This list cannot be sorted well by type, because the same name is used for ships of different types at different times. Add rest of destroyers and subs, but will need to break up list by letters.) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Alphabetical list of ships A USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602, CVN-72) USS Adirondack (1860s, 1917, AGC-15) USS Agamenticus (1863) USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Alabama (1818, BB-8, BB-60, SSBN-731) USS Alaska (1860s,.
USS Alabama (BB-8) - USS Alabama (BB-8) The second Alabama (BB-8) was an Illinois-class battleship. Her keel was laid down on 1 December 1896 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by the William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company. She was launched on 18 May 1898 sponsored by Miss Mary Morgan, daughter of the Honorable John T. Morgan, United States Senator from Georgia and commissioned on 16 October 1900, Capt. Willard H. Brownson in command. Though assigned to the North Atlantic Station, Alabama did not begin operations with that unit until early the following year. The warship remained at Philadelphia until 13 December when she got underway for the brief trip to New York City. She stayed at New York through the New Year and until the latter part of January.
USS Missouri (BB-63) - USS Missouri (BB-63) General Douglas MacArthur signs as Supreme Allied Commander during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. The U.S.S. Missouri was a United States Navy battleship. She is currently a historic memorial at Pearl Harbor. She was one of the Iowa class "fast battleship" designs planned in 1938 by the Preliminary Design Branch at the Bureau of Construction and Repair. The Missouri was ordered in June, 1940 and the keel was laid at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York on January 6, 1941. She was launched on January 29, 1944 and commissioned on June 11 as BB63. The ship was the fourth and last of the Iowa class as well as the final battleship to be commissioned by.
USS Arizona (BB-39) - USS Arizona (BB-39) On 4 March 1913, Congress authorized the construction of the USS Arizona (BB-39), a Pennsylvania-class battleship, in honor of the 48th state. Her keel was laid at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 16 March 1914. She was launched on 19 June 1915 sponsored by Miss Esther Ross, daughter of a prominent Arizona pioneer citizen, Mr. W.W. Ross of Prescott, Arizona. She was commissioned at her builder's yard on 17 October 1916, with Captain John D. McDonald in command. Arizona departed New York on 16 November 1916, for shakedown training off the Virginia capes and Newport, proceeding thence to Guantanamo Bay. Returning north to Norfolk on 16 December to test fire her battery and to conduct torpedo-defense exercises in Tangier Sound. The battleship returned.
USS Nebraska (BB-14) - USS Nebraska (BB-14) The first Nebraska (BB-14), ex-Pennsylvania, was laid down by Moran Brothers, Seattle, Washington, 4 July 1902; launched 7 October 1904; sponsored by Miss Mary N. Mickey, daughter of Governor John H. Mickey of Nebraska; and commissioned 1 July 1907, Captain Reginald F. Nicholson in command. After shakedown and alterations, the new battleship joined the "Great White Fleet" at San Francisco after 6 May 1908, replacing Alabama (BB-8). Departing San Francisco 7 July 1908, the Fleet visited Honolulu, Hawaii; Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney and Melbourne, Australia; Manila, Philippine Islands; Yokohama, Japan; and Colombo, Ceylon, arriving Suez, Egypt, 3 January 1909. Departing Messina, Italy, on the 9th, the Fleet visited Naples, Italy, then Gibraltar, arriving Hampton Roads on 22 February where President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed.
USS Maine (BB-10) - USS Maine (BB-10) USS Maine (BB-10), the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 23rd state. The contract to build her was awarded to William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1898, and her keel was laid down on 15 February 1899, a year to the day after the destruction of the first Maine She was launched on 27 July 1901, sponsored by Miss Mary Preble Anderson, and commissioned at Philadelphia on 29 December 1902 with Captain Eugene H.C. Leutze in command. From 1903 to 1907 Maine cruised along the Atlantic coast south to the West Indies, and she completed one cruise to the Mediterranean Sea. On.
USS Kearsarge (BB-5) - USS Kearsarge (BB-5) USS Kearsarge (BB-5), the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named, by act of Congress, in honor of the famous American Civil War sloop of war Kearsarge. Her keel was laid down by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 24 March 1898 sponsored by Mrs. Herbert Winslow, daughter-in-law of Captain John A. Winslow, who had commanded the sloop Kearsarge during her famous battle with Alabama, and commissioned on 20 February 1900 with Captain William M. Folger in command. Kearsarge became flagship of the North Atlantic Station, cruising down the Atlantic seaboard and in the Caribbean Sea. From 3 June 1903 to 26 July 1903.
USS New Jersey (BB-62) - USS New Jersey (BB-62) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Laid down: 16 September 1940 Launched: 7 December 1942 Commissioned: 23 May 1943 Fate: museum Decommissioned (final): 8 February 1991 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 57,271 tons Length: 887.7 ft (271 m) Beam: 108.1 ft (33 m) Draft: 38 ft (11.6 m) Speed: 33 knots Complement: 1921 officers and men Armament: nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns, 20 five-inch (127 mm) guns The second United States Navy New Jersey (BB-62), known as "Big Jay," is an Iowa-class battleship that was in service from 1943 to 1991, one of the longest-serving battleships of the 20th century. She is now a museum ship at Camden, New Jersey. Her keel was laid down on 16.
USS Wisconsin (BB-9) - USS Wisconsin (BB-9) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Ordered: 19 September 1896 Laid down: 9 February 1897 Launched: 26 November 1898 Commissioned: 4 February 1901 Fate: sold for scrap Decommissioned: 15 May 1920 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 12150 tons full Length: 374 feet overall Beam: 72 feet Draft: 25 feet Speed: 16 knots Complement: 52 officers, 765 men Armament: four 13-inch guns, 14 six-inch guns, 16 six-pounders, six one-pounders, four .30-caliber machineguns USS Wisconsin (BB-9), an Illinois-class battleship, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 30th state. The keel of Battleship No. 9 was laid down on 9 February 1897 at San Francisco, California, by the Union Iron Works. She was launched.
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - USS Massachusetts (BB-59) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Laid down: 20 July 1939 Launched: 23 September 1941 Commissioned: 12 May 1942 Fate: memorial Struck: 1 June 1962 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 35,000 tons Length: 680.8 feet Beam: 108.2 feet Draft: 29.3 feet Speed: 27 knots Complement: 115 officers, 1678 men Armament: nine 16-inch guns, 20 five-inch guns, 24 40mm cannon, 35 20mm cannon USS Massachusetts (BB-59), a South Dakota-class battleship, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state. Her keel was laid down 20 July 1939 by Bethlehem Steel Company of Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 23 September 1941 sponsored by Mrs. Charles Francis Adams, and commissioned on.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 2 - USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 2 Due to the length of this article, it has been split up. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 By the time Tennessee emerged from Puget Sound Navy Yard on 7 May 1943, she bore virtually no resemblance to her former self. Deep new blisters increased the depth of her side protection against torpedoes by eight feet-three inches on each side, gradually tapering toward bow and stern. Internal compartmentation was rearranged and improved. The most striking innovation was made in the battleship's superstructure. The heavy armored conning tower, from which Tennessee would have been controlled in a surface gunnery action, was removed, as were masts, stacks, and other superstructure. A new, compact, superstructure was designed to provide essential.
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) - USS Wisconsin (BB-64) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: 25 January 1941 Launched: 7 December 1943 Commissioned: 16 April 1944 Fate: inactive Struck: reinstated General Characteristics Displacement: 45,000 tons Length: 887.2 feet Beam: 108.2 feet Draft: 28.9 feet Speed: 33 knots Complement: 1,921 officers and men Armament: nine 16-inch guns, 20 six-inch guns, 80 40mm guns, 49 20mm guns USS Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 30th state. Her keel was laid down on 25 January 1941 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was launched on 7 December 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, and commissioned on 16 April 1944, with Captain Earl E. Stone in command. After her trials.
USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) - USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Ordered: ?? Laid down: 3 September 1931 Launched: 15 November 1933 Commissioned: 17 August 1934 Fate: sold for scrap Decommissioned: 13 February 1946 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 9,950 tons Length: 588.2 ft overall Beam: 61.8 ft Draft: 19.5 ft Speed: 32.7 knots Complement: 708 officers and men Armament: 9 x 8-inch guns, 8 x 5-inch guns, 8 x .50-cal MGs The USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser. She was laid down on 3 September 1931 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Co, launched on 15 November 1933, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Lee McCann (wife of Lt. Thomas L. McCann and the niece.
USS Washington - USS Washington Ten ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Washington, originally in honor of George Washington, and later (20th century) for the 42nd state. The first Washington was a schooner named Endeavor acquired by General George Washington, renamed Washington, and re-rigged as a brigantine. The second Washington was a row galley that operated in Narragansett Bay. The third Washington, 32 was one of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress. The fourth Washington, a lateen-rigged two-masted galley, served in Brigadier General Benedict Arnold's fleet. The fifth Washington, 74, a ship of the line, was the second such to be launched by the Navy, and was on active service from 1815 to 1820. The sixth Washington was a revenue cutter that initially operated.
USS Alaska (CB-1) - USS Alaska (CB-1) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: December 17, 1941 Launched: August 15, 1943 Commissioned: June 17, 1944 Fate: sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 27,000 tons Length: 806.5 ft Beam: 91.1 ft Draft: 27.1 ft Speed: 31.4 knots Complement: 2,251 officers and men Armament: 9 x 12-inch guns, 12 x 5-inch guns, 56 x 40mm guns, 34 x 20mm guns Aircraft: 4 Armor: 9-inch belt, 12.8-inch turret The third USS Alaska (CB-1) was one of a class of two "large cruisers" in the United States Navy, a design with a main battery much heavier than than of normal heavy cruisers, but lighter and faster than a battleship. Often referred to as a battlecruiser. She was laid down on 17 December 1941.
