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BB-57 |
BB-58 |
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1st Commanding Officer: |
Capt. T.L. Gatch |
Capt. A.S. Merrill |
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Authorised: |
March 27, 1934 and June 3, 1936 |
March 27, 1934 and June 3, 1936 |
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Keel Laid: |
July 5, 1939 |
Nov. 20, 1939 |
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Launched: |
June 7, 1941 |
Nov. 21, 1941 |
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Commissioned: |
March 20, 1942 |
April 30, 1942 |
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Sponsor: |
Miss Harlan J. Buchfield |
Miss Lewis C. Robbins |
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Builder: |
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden,
New Jersey |
Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport
News, Virginia |
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Original Engines Manufactured: |
General Electric geared turbines |
Westinghouse geared turbines |
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Original Boilers Manufactured: |
Babcock & Wilcox type: WT; no.8 |
Foster-Wheeler WT; no.8 |
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Original Fuel: |
Oil, 6950 tons (2,085,000 gallons) |
Oil, 7340 tons (2,202,000 gallons) |
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Drive: |
Turbine, 4 screws
(Maximum propeller diameter 17'8") |
Turbine, 4 screws
(Maximum propeller diameter 17'8") |
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Designed Speed: |
27 knots |
27 knots |
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Designed Shaft Horsepower: |
130,000 |
130,000 |
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Design Comments: |
First-class Battleship; oil-fired
boilers |
First-class Battleship; oil-fired
boilers |
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Displacement Standard
Tons: |
35,000 |
35,000 |
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Displacement Full Load
Tons: |
42,000
(increased to 42,500 during WW2) |
42,000 |
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Design Crew Complement: |
115 officers
1678 enlisted
2500 for war service |
115 officers
1678 enlisted
2500 for war service |
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Construction Cost: |
$77 million |
$77 million |
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Length: |
(o.a.) 680' |
(o.a.) 680' |
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Beam: |
108'2" |
108'2" |
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Draught: |
29'3" |
29'3" |
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Guns: |
9 - 16 inch,
45 cal. MK 6
(40,600-yard range with AP rouns)
16 - 5 inch, 38 cal. MK 12; 7-quad 1.1"; 35-20mm
(modifications with 20-5"/38 MK 12; 15-40mm MK 1 quad AA;
22-20mm MK 4(S) AA; 8-20mm MK4 (2) AA) |
9 - 16 inch,
45 cal. MK 6
(40,600-yard range with AP rouns)
20 - 5 inch, 38 cal. MK 12; 6 - quad 40mm;
(modifications with 15-40mm MK 1 quad AA; 22-20mm MK 4(S) AA;
8-20mm MK4 (2) AA) |
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Aircraft: |
3 |
3 |
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Catapults: |
2, aft |
2, aft |
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Torpedo Tubes: |
none |
none |
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Armour: |
16" -
Side amidships
18" - Turrets
6" - Upper Deck
4" - Main Deck
Triple hull below w.l. and internal bulges. |
16" -
Side amidships
18" - Turrets
6" - Upper Deck
4" - Main Deck
Triple hull below w.l. and internal bulges. |
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Final Disposition: |
Stricken from the Navy list on June 1, 1962;
sold for scrapping to Lipsett Division, Luria Brothers; New York
City; memorial dedicated on September 7, 1969, in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota |
Stricken from the Navy list on June 1, 1962;
sold for scrap. Her mast is at the University of Indiana and
her anchor is at Fort Wayne, Indiana; other items are in various
state museums. |
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Commendations: |
Thirteen Battle Stars in WW2; WW2
Navy Unit Commendation; WW2 Navy Occupation Service Medal; WW2
Victory Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal; Philippine Republic
Presindental unit Citation |
Nine Battle Stars in WW2 |
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BB-59 |
BB-60 |
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1st Commanding Officer: |
Capt. F.E.M. Whiting |
Capt. G.B. Wilson |
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Authorised: |
March 27, 1934 and June 3, 1936 |
March 27, 1934 and June 3, 1936 |
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Keel Laid: |
July 20, 1939 |
Feb. 1, 1940 |
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Launched: |
Sept. 23, 1941 |
Feb. 16, 1942 |
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Commissioned: |
May 12, 1942 |
August 16, 1942 |
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Sponsor: |
Mrs. Charles Francis Adams |
Mrs. Lister Hill |
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Builder: |
Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts |
Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia |
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Original Engines Manufactured: |
General Electric geared turbines |
Westinghouse geared turbines |
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Original Boilers Manufactured: |
Babcock & Wilcox type: WT; no.8 |
Foster-Wheeler WT; no.8 |
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Original Fuel: |
Oil, 6950 tons (2,085,000 gallons) |
Oil, 7340 tons (2,202,000 gallons) |
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Drive: |
Turbine, 4 screws
(Maximum propeller diameter 17'8") |
Turbine, 4 screws
(Maximum propeller diameter 17'8") |
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Designed Speed: |
27 knots |
27 knots |
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Designed Shaft Horsepower: |
130,000 |
28,900 (modernized to 31,400) |
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Design Comments: |
First-class Battleship; oil-fired
boilers |
First-class Battleship; oil-fired
boilers |
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Displacement Standard
Tons: |
35,000
(modified to 35,113 by 1946) |
35,000 |
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Displacement Full Load
Tons: |
42,000
(modified to 45,216 by 1946) |
42,000
(modified to 43,000 by 1946) |
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Design Crew Complement: |
115 officers
1678 enlisted
2500 for war service |
115 officers
1678 enlisted
2500 for war service |
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Construction Cost: |
$77 milion |
$77 milion |
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Length: |
(o.a.) 680'10" |
(o.a.) 680' |
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Beam: |
107'11" |
108'2" |
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Draught: |
29'3" |
29'3" |
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Guns: |
9-16 inch,
45 cal. Mk. 6.
(40,600-yard range with AP rouns)
20-5"/38 cal MK 12; 6-quad 40mm;
(modifications with 15-40mm 1 quad AA; 22-20mm (S) MK4 AA; 8-20
mm (2) MK4 AA) |
9-16 inch,
45 cal. Mk. 6.
(40,600-yard range with AP rouns)
20-5/MK12; 6 quad 40mm
(modifications with 12-40mm MK1 quad AA; 52-20mm (S) MK4 AA;
8-20 mm (2) MK4 AA) |
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Aircraft: |
3 |
3 |
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Catapults: |
2, aft |
2, aft |
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Torpedo Tubes: |
none |
none |
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Armour: |
16" -
Side amidships
18" - Turrets
6" - Upper Deck
4" - Main Deck
Triple hull below w.l. and internal bulges. |
16" -
Side amidships
18" - Turrets
6" - Upper Deck
4" - Main Deck
Triple hull below w.l. and internal bulges. |
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Final Disposition: |
June 4, 1965, to Massachusetts as a memorial
to all war veterans of the Commonwealth; August 14, 1965, enshrined
at Fall River, Massachusetts |
Serving as a memorial at Mobile, Alabama since
she was dedicated on Jan. 9, 1965 to the men and women af Alabama
who served in WW2 and Korea |
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Commendations: |
Eleven Battle Stars in WW2; Philippine
Republic Presidental Unit Citation |
Nine Battle Stars in WW2; Philippine
Republic Presidental Unit Citation Badge; Navy Occupation Service
Medal |
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WW2 History Highlights: |
BB-57
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- June 3 - July 26, 1942, shakedown August 16,
1942 to Pacific; September 6, 1942, extensive hull damage on
reef in Lahai Passage
- October 26 and 27, 1942, Battle of Santa Cruz Island; 500-pound
bomb hit the #1 turret; Oct. 30, 1942 collision with Mahan (DD-364)
- NOvember 14 and 15, 1942, Battle of Guadacanal; heavy damage
from 42 enemy hits while helping sink Japanese Battleship Kirishima
- February 1943 with Ranger
(CV-4) in the North Atlantic; with the British Home Fleet
until August, 1943; to Pacific Battledivisions 8 and 9 in November
1943
- November and December 1943 at Marshall Islands; April 1944
at New Guinea; June, july and August 1944 at Truck. Caroline
and Saipan
- June 19, 1944 at Battle of the Philippine Sea; bomb hit to
main deck killed 24 and injured 27; October 1944 off Formosa
- February 1945 Iwo Jima; February 1945 Tokyo Fleet raids; March
1945 Okinawa; May 6, 1945 #2 turret fire killed 8 and injured
24; July 1945 Tokyo bombardment
- August 15, 1945, at Tokyo, the last strike of WW2; Japan capitulated
that day; September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay to witness the signing
of the Japanese surrender.
- June 1946 with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; January 31, 1947
in reserv, out of commission |
BB-58
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- June, 1942 to Pacific fleet; Nov. 28, 1942
with Admiral Lee's carrier force Enterprise
(CV-6) and Saratoga
(CV-3)
- Oct. 21, 1943 at Pearl Harbor; Nov. 11, 1943 Gilbert Islands;
January, 1944 at Kwajwlein
- Feb. 1, 1944 collided with Washington
(BB-56); damage to starboard side; April 29 and 30, 1944 with
Task Force 58 and at Truck
- June 19, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea "Marianas Turkey
Shoot", August- September, 1944 preparing for the invasion
of Leyte
- JAnuary and February, 1945 Iwo JIma; MArch, 1945 Okinawa and
carrier support; June 13, 1945 in San Pedro Bay, Philippines
- June 1 t oAugust 15, 1945 Task Group 38.1 bombarded Japanese
Home Islands and supported carrier air strikes
- Sept. 5, 1945 to Sept. 14, 1945 in Tokyo Bay; Sept. 29, 1945
to San Francisco; in reserve in commission at Bremerton Sept.
11, 1946
- Decommissioned Sept. 11, 1947 in Pacific Reserve Fleet |
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BB-59 |
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- November 8, 1942, invasion of North Africa
at 07.40 hours; in battle with the French Battleship Jean
Bart, she silenced the French Battleship's 15" guns
- March 4, 1943, to the Pacific Fleet; November 19, 1943, to
February 8, 1944, Gilbert Islands
- January 29 to February 8, 1944, Marshall Islands, Kwajalein
and Majuro Atolls; February 16 and 17, 1944 Truck
- February 11 to 22, 1944, Marianas; March 30 t oApril 1, 1944,
Palau, Yap, Ulithi; April 29 to May 1, 1944, Truck, Satawan and
Ponape
- April 21-24, 1944, Hollandia Operation; September 6 to October
14, 1944, Western Caroline Islands; October 10, 1944, Leyte Operation
and Okinawa
- October 22-27, 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf with Task Group 38.3;
December 1944 invasion of Mindoro
- January 1945 at landing of Lingayen; February and March 1945
at Iwo Jima; February 15 to March 1, 1945, Honshu and Nansei
Shoto, Japan
- Okinawa operation March 17 to June 11, 1945; Third Fleet raids
on Japanese Home Islands July 10 to August 15, 1945; August 9,
1945 at Kamaishi, Japan; she fired the last 16" shell of
WW2
- March 27, 1947 Atlantic Reserve Fleet; struck from the Navy
List on June 1, 1962 |
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BB-60 |
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- September, 1942 with the Atlantic Fleet operating
with the British Home Fleet protecting convoys to Britain and
Russia
- August, 1943 to the Pacific Fleet 3rd Fleet at Efate, New Hebrides
- Joined fast carrier forces in October, 1943 providing fire
support and anti-aircraft screening
- Gilbert Islands Nov. 19 to Dec. 8, 1943; Kwajalein and Majuro
from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, 1944; Truck, Feb. 16 and 17, 1944
- Marianas Feb. 21 and 22, 1944; Hollandia landings April 21
to 24, 1944; invasion of Saipan June 11 to 24, 1944
- Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 19 and 20, 1944; invasion
of Guam July 12 to August 15, 1944; Philippine Islands raids
Sept. 6 to Oct. 12, 1944
- Okinawa raid on Oct. 10, 1944; Luzon and Formosa raids Oct.
10 to 12, 1944; battle for Leyte Gulf Oct. 25 and 26, 1944
- Invasion of Okonawa May 9 to June 11, 1945; 3rd Fleet raids
on Japanese Home Islands July 10 to August 15, 1945; support
the occupation of Tokyo from Sept. 5 to 20, 1945
- To San Francisco in September, 1945; out of commission in reserve
on Jan. 9, 1947; stricken from the Navy List on June 1, 1962 |
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