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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.
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.
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Air Attack, cartwheeling kamikaze 72 82 7 Apr 45 USS Maryland: Battleship Air Attack, kamikaze hit starboard 16 37 7 Apr 45 USS Bennett: Destroyer Air Attack, kamikaze hit engine room 3 18 7 Apr 45 USS Wesson: Destroyer Air Attack, kamikaze starboard 8 23 7 Apr 45 *USS PGM-18: Small Gunboat Mine, powerful explosion 14 14 7 Apr 45 *YMS-103 ...
“The deployment of the USS Bataan to the eastern Med is meant to do two things,” said Gregory Aftandilian, a senior lecturer at the School of International Service, at the American University ...
A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...