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Description: 19-N-65057: USS Maryland (BB-46). Running post-overhaul speed trials in Puget Sound, Washington, 26 April 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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.
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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).
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