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USS Massachusetts was an Indiana-class, pre-dreadnought battleship and the second United States Navy ship comparable to foreign battleships of its time. [5] Authorized in 1890, and commissioned six years later, she was a small battleship, though with heavy armor and ordnance. The ship class also pioneered the use of an intermediate battery.
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 battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger ...
Maine and Texas were part of the "New Navy" program of the 1880s. Texas and BB-1 to BB-4 were authorized as "coast defense battleships", but Maine was ordered as an armored cruiser and was only re-rated as a "second class battleship" when she turned out too slow to be a cruiser.
The U.S. Navy veteran, he spearheaded the drive to bring the USS Massachusetts battleship to Fall River and was president of the USS Massachusetts Memorial Committee (Battleship Cove) for 10 years.
"Big Ben" – USS Franklin; [8] the ship is named after Benjamin Franklin "Big D" – USS Dallas ; given to the boat to denote being named in honor of the city of Dallas . "The Big E" – USS Enterprise (CV-6) [ 9 ] and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) [ 10 ]
Despite being hit by a kamikaze during the Battle of Okinawa, the crew’s efforts saved the ship. 10. USS Nicholas (DD-449) ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. WWII battle stars: 16 (tied)
Battleship Cove is a nonprofit maritime museum and war memorial in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Featuring the world's largest collection of World War II -era naval vessels, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it is home to the highly-decorated battleship USS Massachusetts .
Italian Naval submarine ship on her way back from Sea Trial in Augusta, Sicily, ... USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) ©Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons. Commission date: February 24, 2024.