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    USS Georgia (BB-15) was a United States Navy Virginia-class battleship, the third of five ships of the class. She was built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine...
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  • in 1917 USS Georgia (BB-15), a battleship commissioned in 1906 USS Georgia (SSGN-729), a submarine commissioned in 1984 University of Georgia, in Athens...
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  • ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Georgia in honor of the fourth state. USS Georgia (BB-15), a Virginia-class battleship, provided training...
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    1914 to pay for a new super-dreadnought USS Idaho (BB-42). The dreadnoughts, BB-26 South Carolina through BB-35 Texas, commissioned between 1910 and 1914...
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    served as a midshipman aboard the USS Delaware (BB-28), USS Georgia (BB-15), USS Nevada (BB-36), and the USS Mississippi (BB-41). Abercrombie graduated from...
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    History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-0-87021-715-9. "Georgia (BB-15)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History & Heritage...
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    Mark 6 Mod 2, No. 314L One gun presumably from USS Georgia (BB-15) alongside the ship's bell, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. 6"/30 caliber...
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    USS Georgia (BB-15), launched in 1904 Chester-class cruiser USS Chester (CL-1) World War I Smith-class destroyers USS Flusser (DD-20) World War I USS Reid (DD-21)...
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    Winslow, comprised USS Virginia (BB-13) (flag), USS Georgia (BB-15), USS New Jersey (BB-16), USS Rhode Island (BB-17), and USS Nebraska (BB-14). The Fourth...
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  • BB15 may refer to: Big Brother 15 (disambiguation), a television program in various versions USS Georgia (BB-15), a United States Navy battleship This...
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    USS Colorado (BB-45) was a battleship of the United States Navy that was in service from 1923 to 1947. She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of battleships...
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    aboard the USS Wyoming (BB-32) and remained on sea duty for almost three years, assuming command of the Marine detachment, USS Georgia (BB-15) in 1917,...
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    USS Indiana (BB-58) was the second of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships...
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    USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American...
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    USS Wyoming (BB-32) was the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships and was the third ship of the United States Navy named Wyoming, although...
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    battleship USS Georgia. He then relieved Raymond P. Rodgers as President of the Naval War College on 20 November 1911, serving as president until 15 December...
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    USS Kansas (BB-21) was a US Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleship, the fourth of six ships in the class. She was the second ship of the United States...
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  • (circa 1900) of the French, Italian, Russian and British navies. The USS Georgia (BB-15) built by the Bath Iron Works in Maine and her launching in October...
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    (SSBN-656/SSN-656) USS George Washington Parke Custis (1861) USS Georgetown (AG-165/AGTR-2) USS Georgia (BB-15, SSBN-729/SSGN-729) USS Georgia Packet (1776) USS Georgiana...
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    States Navy $58 million to operate each individual battleship. Hyperwar: BB-61 USS Iowa Retrieved 1/7/23 Helvig 2002, p. 2 Hough 1964, pp. 214–216. Sumrall...
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    detachments aboard the USS Idaho (BB-24), USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Arkansas (BB-33), USS Arizona (BB-39) and USS New Mexico (BB-40). He graduated from...
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    smokeless powder that had recently been adopted by the Navy. The Mark 3, gun Nos. 15–48 and 50–56, was constructed of tube, jacket, and eight hoops. It was found...
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    Century Company. p. 531. Retrieved 11 November 2010. Templin m Potts. "BB-19 USS LOUISIANA". navsource.org. Retrieved December 1, 2021. "Sailors Appeal...
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    USS Virginia (BB-13) was a United States Navy pre-dreadnought battleship, the lead ship of her class. She was the fifth ship to carry her name. Virginia...
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    During the Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS West Virginia (BB-48) and USS California (BB-44) were sunk while USS Nevada (BB-36) was beached, however, all three...
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    vessels: USS Saratoga USS Iowa (BB-61) USS Canberra – Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson embarked USS Macon USS Albany USS Northampton USS Norfolk...
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    required by law prior to commissioning, in the battleships USS Kansas (BB-21) and USS South Carolina (BB-26), before he received his ensign's commission on June...
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    Retrieved 15 October 2016. "United States of America 8"/35 (20.3 cm) Marks 3 and 4 8"/40 (20.3 cm) Mark 5". Navweaps. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October...
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    seven stars commemorate both the seven battle stars that battleship USS Maryland (BB-46) earned in World War II and that the state of Maryland was the seventh...
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    and LCDR Knapper of USS Texas (BB-35) inspecting bombardment damage, Pointe du Hoc, France, 1944. Bridge watch, USS Missouri (BB-63) shakedown cruise...
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