USS West Virginia (BB-48) - USS West Virginia (BB-48) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: 12 April 1920 Launched: 17 November 1921 Commissioned: 1 December 1923 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: 1 March 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 33,590 tons Length: 624 feet Beam: 97.3 feet Draft: 30.5 feet Speed: 21.0 knots Complement: 1,407 officers and men Armament: eight 16-inch guns, 12 six-inch guns, eight three-inch guns, four six-pounders, two 21-inch torpedo tubes USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 35th state. Her keel was laid down on 12 April 1920 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 17 November 1921 sponsored by Miss Alice Wright Mann.
USS West Virginia - USS West Virginia Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS West Virginia in honor of the 35th state. The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5), was a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. The second USS West Virginia (BB-48) was a Colorado-class battleship. The third USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) was an Ohio-class submarine..
USS West Virginia (ACR-5) - USS West Virginia (ACR-5) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: ?? Launched: 18 April 1903 Commissioned: 23 February 1905 Decommissioned: 1 September 1920 Fate: sold General Characteristics Displacement: 13,680 tons Length: 504 ft Beam: 69.7 ft Draft: 24.1 ft Speed: 22 knots Complement: 829 officers and men Armament: 4 x 8-inch guns, 14 x 6-inch guns, 18 x 3-inch guns(?), 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes The first USS West Virginia (ACR-5), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington (CA-5), was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. The ship was launched 18 April 1903 by Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss Katherine V. White, and commissioned 23 February 1905, Captain C. H. Arnold in command. After.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) - USS Tennessee (BB-43) Due to the length of this article, it has been split up. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 May 1917 Launched: 30 April 1919 Commissioned: 3 June 1920 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: 1 March 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 33,190 tons Length: 624 feet Beam: 97.3 feet Draft: 31 feet Speed: 21 knots Complement: some officers, 1,401 men Armament: 12 14-inch guns, 14 five-inch guns, four three-inch anti-aircraft guns, two 21-inch torpedo tubes USS Tennessee (BB-43), the lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 16th state. Her keel was laid down on 14 May 1917 at the New York Navy.
USS Mississippi (BB-41) - USS Mississippi (BB-41) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Authorized: 30 June 1914 Laid down: 5 April 1915 Launched: 25 January 1917 Commissioned: 18 December 1917 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: 17 September 1956 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 32,000 tons Length: 624 feet Beam: 97.4 feet Draft: 30 feet Speed: 21 knots Complement: 55 officers, 1026 enlisted Armament: 12 14-inch guns, 14 five-inch guns, four three-inch guns, two 21-inch torpedo tubes USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. Her keel was laid down 5 April 1915 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 25 January 1917 sponsored by.
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.
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).
Doris Miller - 1939, and was made a mess attendant at a time when African Americans were not able to serve in combat capacities aboard ships. He gradually rose through the ranks to the level of Cook, Third Class. Originally assigned to USS Pyro, in January 1940 he transfered to USS West Virginia (BB-48), where he became the ship's heavyweight boxing champ. He served briefly on Nevada (BB-36) (July 1940), then was back on the West Virginia, and there in December 1941, at the time of the Japanese attack. Miller was collecting laundry, but upon going to his battle station, found it unusable, and was ordered to help carry the wounded off the deck, Miller began firing a 50mm antiaircraft gun at the attacking Japanese planes, even though he had no prior training in.
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 Virginia (BB-13) - USS Virginia (BB-13) The sixth USS Virginia (BB-13) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class of five. She was laid down on 21 May 1902 Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia; launched on 6 April 1904; sponsored by Miss Gay Montague, daughter of the Governor of Virginia; and commissioned on 7 May 1906, Capt. Seaton Schroeder in command. After fitting out, Virginia conducted her shakedown cruise in Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, off Newport, Rhode Island, and off Long Island, New York before she put into Bradford, Rhode Island, for coal on 9 August. After running trials for the standardization of her screws off Rockland, Maine, the battleship maneuvered in Long Island Sound before anchoring off President Theodore Roosevelt's.
USS Texas (BB-35) - USS Texas (BB-35) Texas (BB-35) at San Jacinto State Park () Career Laid down: 17 April 1911 Launched: 18 May 1912 Commissioned: 12 March 1914 Fate: memorial Struck: 30 April 1948 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 27,000 tons Length: 573 feet Beam: 95.2 feet at the waterline Draft: 29.5 feet Speed: 21.05 knots trial Complement: 954 officers and men Armament: ten 14-inch guns, 21 five-inch guns, four three-pounders, four 21-inch submerged torpedo tubes USS Texas (BB-35), a New York-class battleship, was the second ship to honor Texas, a region that, after being taken from its natives by first Spain and then Mexico, and later becoming an independent republic, was admitted to the United States as the 28th state on 29 December 1845. Texas's keel was laid down on.
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 Pennsylvania (BB-38) - USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) Pennsylvania underway off New York City, 31 May 1934 () Career Laid down: 27 October 1913 Launched: 16 March 1915 Commissioned: 12 June 1916 Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 Fate: sunk after testing 1948 General Characteristics Displacement: 31,400 tons Length: 608 ft Beam: 97.1 ft Draft: 28.9 ft Speed: 21 knots Complement: 915 officers and men Armament: 12 x 14-inch guns, 14 x 5-inch guns, 4 x 3-inch guns, 4 x 3-pounders, 2 x 21-inch torpedo tubes The second USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of her class of US Navy "superdreadnought" battleships. She was laid down 27 October 1913, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on 16 March 1915, sponsored by Elizabeth Kolb.
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-16) - USS New Jersey (BB-16) The first United States Navy New Jersey (BB-16) was a Virginia-class battleship. She was launched 10 November 1904 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. William B. Kenney, daughter of Governor Franklin B. Murphy of New Jersey; and commissioned 12 May 1906, Captain William W. Kimball in command. New Jersey's initial training in Atlantic and Caribbean waters was highlighted by her review by President Theodore Roosevelt in Oyster Bay during September 1906, and by her presence at Havana, Cuba, from 21 September through 13 October to protect American lives and property threatened by the Cuban Insurrection. From 15 April to 14 May 1907, she lay in Hampton Roads representing the Navy at the Jamestown Exposition. In company with fifteen.
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 Rhode Island (BB-17) - USS Rhode Island (BB-17) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Authorized: 7 June 1900 Laid down: 1 May 1902 Launched: 17 May 1904 Commissioned: 19 February 1906 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 14,948 tons Length: 441.7 feet Beam: 76.3 feet Draft: 23.8 feet Speed: 19 knots Complement: 40 officers, 772 men Armament: four 12-inch guns, eight eight-inch guns, 12 six-inch guns, 12 three-inch guns, 12 three-pounders, four 21-inch torpedo tubes The second USS Rhode Island (BB-17) was a United States Navy Virginia-class battleship. She was launched 17 May 1904 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, sponsored by Mrs. F. C. Dumaine, and commissioned 19 February 1906, Capt. Perry Garst in command. Rhode Island underwent extensive.
USS Georgia (BB-15) - USS Georgia (BB-15) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Ordered: ?? Laid down: 31 August 1901 Launched: 11 October 1904 Commissioned: 24 September 1906 Fate: sold for scrap Decommissioned: 15 July 1920 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 14,948 tons full Length: 441.3 ft overall Beam: 76.3 ft Draft: 23.8 ft Speed: 19 knots Complement: 40 officers, 772 men Armament: 4 x 12-inch guns, 8 x 8-inch guns, 12 x 6-inch guns The first USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia-class battleship. She was launched by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, 11 October 1904, sponsored by Miss Stella Tate, and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 24 September 1906, Captain R. G. Davenport in command. After Georgia was fitted.
USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 5 - USS Tennessee (BB-43) Part 5 Due to the length of this article, it has been split up. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 While Tennessee was being refitted, landings had been made in the Central Philippines and on Luzon; and the liberation of the Philippines was nearly accomplished. From its base in the Marianas, the 20th Army Air Force was hitting Japan with B-29 Superfortresses. Their track led past the Bonin Islands, whose garrison could send an early warning to Japanese airfields and gunners in the home islands. To eliminate this danger, provide an advanced base for fighter escorts, and obtain an emergency landing field for damaged bombers, Admiral Chester Nimitz had been directed to capture Iwo Jima before going on to.
USS Iowa (BB-61) - USS Iowa (BB-61) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: 27 June 1940 Launched: 27 August 1942 Commissioned: 22 February 1943 Fate: Decommissioned 26 October 1990, in reserve General Characteristics Displacement: 45,000 tons Length: 887 ft. 3 in. (270.4m) Beam: 108 ft. 2 in. (32.9m) Draft: 37 ft. 2 in. (11.3m) Speed: 33 knots Complement: 151 officers, 2637 enlisted Armament: 1943 9 16 in./50 cal. Mark 7 guns 20 5 in./38 cal. Mark 12 guns 80 40mm/56 cal. Anti-Aircraft guns 49 20mm/70 cal. Anti-Aircraft guns 1968 9 16 in./50 cal. Mark 7 guns 20 5 in./38 cal. Mark 12 guns 1983 9 16 in./50 cal. Mark 7 guns 12 5 in./38 cal. Mark 12 guns 32 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise.
