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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) underway in 1935 History United States Name Maryland Namesake Maryland Ordered 5 December 1916 Builder Newport News Shipbuilding Laid down 24 April 1917 Launched 20 March 1920 Commissioned 21 July 1921 Decommissioned 3 April 1947 Fate Sold for scrap, 8 July 1959 General characteristics Class and type Colorado -class battleship Displacement 32,600 long tons (33,100 t ...
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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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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
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 ...