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USS Maryland (BB-46), also known as "Old Mary" or "Fighting Mary" to her crewmates, was a Colorado-class battleship. She was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the seventh state. She was commissioned in 1921, and serving as the flagship of the fleet, cruised to Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.
USS Maryland (SSBN-738) is an Ohio-class submarine in the United States Navy. Maryland is the 13th of the 18 Ohio -class ballistic missile submarines , and has been in active service since 1992. Maryland is the fourth US Navy vessel to be named after the US state of Maryland .
USS Maryland in March 1944 The Colorado s were very similar overall to the Tennessee s, with a 624-foot (190 m) overall length and a beam at the waterline of 97 feet (30 m). They displaced 32,600 long tons (33,100 t) at normal load and 33,590 long tons (34,130 t) at deep load and had a draft of 30.5 feet (9.3 m).
Four ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Maryland: USS Maryland (1799), a sloop during the Napoleonic Wars; USS Maryland (ACR-8), a Pennsylvania-class cruiser, saw action in World War I, later renamed USS Frederick; USS Maryland (BB-46), a Colorado-class battleship known as "Fighting Mary," saw action in World War II
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.
Targets: 1:USS California 2:USS Maryland 3:USS Oklahoma 4:USS Tennessee 5:USS West Virginia 6:USS Arizona 7:USS Nevada 8:USS Pennsylvania 9:Ford Island NAS 10:Hickam field Ignored: A:Oil storage tanks B:CINCPAC headquarters building C:Submarine base D:Navy Yard
USS Maryland in Measure 1 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Measure 2: A graded system wherein the hull was painted in approximately equal bands of Dark Gray, Ocean Gray (5-O) and Light Gray, with all vertical superstructure surfaces painted Light Gray as well. Horizontal surfaces were as Measure 1, Dark Gray except for wooden decks. [6]
The second USS Maryland (ACR-8/CA-8), also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 8", and later renamed Frederick, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 7 October 1901 by the Newport News Drydock & ShipbuildingCo. , Newport News, Virginia , launched on 12 September 1903, sponsored by Miss Jennie Scott ...