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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.
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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.
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Hull of Maryland under construction c. 1917. The construction of battleships armed with 16-inch guns was envisioned by the General Board of the United States Navy and Bureau of Construction and Repair (C&R) as early as 1913, as the upgrade in gun caliber promised twice the kinetic energy of the 12-inch gun then in service and half again as much as the 14-inch gun then being introduced.