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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.
She was damaged on 27 November 1944 by a kamikaze near Leyte Gulf which hit between her Number 1 and Number 2 turrets, killing thirty-one of her men and wounding another thirty. On 7 April 1945, Maryland was struck by a kamikaze again, which landed onto a 20 mm gun mount located on top of turret number 3. She suffered thirty dead and thirty-six ...
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).
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 ...
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 ...
Air attack, kamikaze strike while towing USS Barry, sank in four minutes 2 8 22 Jun 45 USS LSM-213: Landing Ship Air attack, kamikaze strike at Kimmu Wan, hull damage [87] 3 10 22 Jun 45 USS LST-534: Landing Ship Tank Air attack, while offloading on Nagagusuku Wan, kamikaze hit bow doors, tank deck [87] 3 35 29 Jul 45 * USS Callaghan: Destroyer
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
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