USS Washington (BB-56) was the second and final member of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United...
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1922 USS Washington (BB-56) was a North Carolina-class battleship launched in 1940, decommissioned in 1947, and scrapped in 1961 USS Washington (SSN-787)...
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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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Retrieved October 23, 2008. "The Last Week – The Road to War". USS Washington (BB-56). Archived from the original on March 23, 2007. Retrieved May 23...
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Montana-class battleship (redirect from USS Ohio (BB-68))
Backing Compound Behind the Main Armor Belt on the Design for the USS Montana (BB-67) Class Battleships". Warship International. LVIII (1): 27–36. ISSN 0043-0374...
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seaplane tender USS Ranger (CV-4) USS Enterprise (CV-6) USS Wasp (CV-7) USS Texas (BB-35) USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) USS West Virginia (BB-48) USS Cincinnati (CL-6)...
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944...
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Appraisal. Washington, DC: Department of the Navy. ISBN 0-89875-565-4. OCLC 51673398. Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Arizona (BB-39). Photo...
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USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing...
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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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Waterloo, Iowa, were killed in action as a result of its sinking. USS Washington (BB-56) was the only US battleship to sink an enemy battleship in direct...
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Francis X. McInerney (category George Washington University Law School alumni)
Training Command, Pacific Fleet. He assumed command of the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) in June 1945. In October 1946, VADM McInerney reported as commanding...
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battery turret. In the second instance, as the primary armament of USS Washington (BB-56) these guns were employed against the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kirishima...
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USS Nebraska (BB-14) was a Virginia-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second of five members of the class, and the first...
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USS West Virginia (BB-48) was the fourth dreadnought battleship of the Colorado class, though because Washington was cancelled, she was the third and final...
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USS New Jersey (BB-16) was the fourth of five Virginia-class battleships of the United States Navy, and the first ship to carry her name. She was laid...
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North Carolina-class battleship (section Washington)
it remains there today, maintained by the USS North Carolina Battleship Commission. USS Washington (BB-56) was laid down on 14 June 1938, launched on...
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USS Texas (BB-35) is a museum ship in Galveston and former United States Navy New York-class battleship. She was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned...
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on 7 December 1941. He came aboard his flagship, the battleship USS Washington (BB-56), in Virginia's York River, to take up his duties on 13 December...
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John W. Wilcox Jr., who was lost overboard from the battleship USS Washington (BB-56) in the North Atlantic Ocean on 27 January 1942. (See usnamemorialhall...
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of New Jersey. She...
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USS Ohio (BB-12), a Maine-class pre-dreadnought battleship, was the third ship of her class and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for...
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USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the...
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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...
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USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), the second of three members of the New Mexico class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named...
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USS Illinois (BB-7) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Illinois class, and was the second...
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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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USS Missouri (BB-11), a Maine-class battleship, was the second ship of her class and of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 24th state....
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Online: Amphibious Photo Archive Websites. Retrieved June 19, 2018. "USS Washington (BB-56) – Commanding Officers". navsource.org. NavSource Online: Amphibious...
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USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. She was the third of three...
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