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2. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - Wikipedia

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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 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 ...

4. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

5. List of museum ships of the United States military - Wikipedia

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   [1] USS Alabama: United States Alabama: Mobile: United States: 1942 South Dakota class (1939) Battleship: Led the American Fleet into Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1945 [2] USS Albacore: United States New Hampshire: Portsmouth: United States: 1953 Albacore Class: Submarine: National Register of Historic Places [3] USS Aries (PHM-5) United States ...

6. USS Nevada (BB-36) - Wikipedia

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   USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships.Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, [c] oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range ...

7. USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia

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   The internal waterline armor belt of the Iowa-class ships is 12.1 in (307 mm) thick and has a height of 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m). Below it is a strake of Class B homogeneous armor plate that tapers in thickness from 12.1 inches at the top to 1.62 in (41 mm) at the bottom and is 28 ft (8.5 m) high.

8. USS Washington (BB-47) - Wikipedia

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   The ship was towed out in November 1924, to be used as a gunnery target. On the first day of testing, the ship was hit by two 400-pound (180 kg) torpedoes and three 1-metric-ton (1.1-short-ton) near-miss bombs causing minor damage and a list of three degrees. She then had 400 pounds of TNT detonated on board, but remained afloat. Two days later ...

9. USS North Carolina (BB-55) - Wikipedia

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   USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy.Built under the Washington Treaty system, North Carolina ' s design was limited in displacement and armament, though the United States used a clause in the Second London Naval Treaty to increase the main battery from the original armament of ...