US Navy Battleships

This board is about the battleships that served in the US Navy. Enjoy!
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship. She participated in Operation Desert Storm in January and February 1991. She is now a museum ship. Harbin, Uss Wisconsin, Us Battleships, Go Navy, Us Navy Ships, Naval History, Navy Military, United States Navy, Navy Ships
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) - Wikipedia
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an Iowa-class battleship. She participated in Operation Desert Storm in January and February 1991. She is now a museum ship.
USS Missouri (BB-63) was the last battleship commisioned by the United States. She is best remembered for being the battleship starred in the movie "Battleship". (that handbrake turn tho) Here she is seen at sea in her 1980s configuration. Kamikaze Pilots, Uss Iowa, Uss Missouri, Imperial Japanese Navy, Iwo Jima
USS Missouri (BB-63) - Wikipedia
USS Missouri (BB-63) was the last battleship commisioned by the United States. She is best remembered for being the battleship starred in the movie "Battleship". (that handbrake turn tho) Here she is seen at sea in her 1980s configuration.
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USS New Jersey (BB-62) - Wikipedia
USS New Jersey (BB-62) is an Iowa-class battleship of the US Navy. She was the only US battleship providing gunfire support during the Vietnam War.
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USS Iowa (BB-61) - Wikipedia
USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of her class of battleships. Due to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of US battleships and was the only ship of her class to have served in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. She is seen here conducting an underway replenishment with USS Midway in the Persian Gulf in December 1987
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USS Alabama (BB-60) - Wikipedia
USS Alabama (BB-60) was the last ship of the South Dakota-class of battleships. She is now a museum ship in Mobile Bay, Alabama.
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USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - Wikipedia
USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was the third ship in the South Dakota-class of battleships. "Big Mamie" had the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in shells of the war. She is seen here off the coast of Point Wilson, Washington.
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USS Indiana (BB-58) - Wikipedia
USS Indiana (BB-58) was the second ship in the South Dakota-class of battleships.
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USS South Dakota (BB-57) - Wikipedia
USS South Dakota (BB-57) was the lead ship of her class in the US Navy. Here she is shown anchored off the Norfolk Navy Yard shortly after joining the British Home Fleet patrols.
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USS Washington (BB-56) - Wikipedia
USS Washington (BB-56) was the second of two ships in the North Carolina-class of battleships. She is seen here anchored at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in April 1944, after a major collision with battleship Indiana.
USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North-Carolina-class battleships. She is now a museum ship and memorial kept at the seaport of Wilmington, North Carolina. Uss North Carolina, Pearl Harbour, Big Boats, Battle Ships, Naval Architecture
USS North Carolina (BB-55) - Wikipedia
USS North Carolina (BB-55) is the lead ship of the North-Carolina-class battleships. She is now a museum ship and memorial kept at the seaport of Wilmington, North Carolina.
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USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Wikipedia
USS West Virginia (BB-48). She was sunk by six torpedoes and two bombs during the attack on Pearl Harbor but she was salvaged, repaired and refitted, and sailed for Leyte Gulf in July 1944.
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USS Washington (BB-47) - Wikipedia
USS Washington (BB-47). Construction work on her ceased two days after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments. She was 75.9% finished at the time. She was towed out to sea and sunk as a gunnery target by battleships New York and Texas.
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USS Maryland (BB-46) - Wikipedia
USS Maryland (BB-46). She was present at Battleship Row during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but was only lightly damaged.
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USS Colorado (BB-45) - Wikipedia
USS Colorado (BB-45). She was the lead ship of the Colorado class of battleships. Here she is shown visiting New York City in 1932.
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USS California (BB-44) - Wikipedia
USS California (BB-44). She was sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor but was salvaged and reconstructed, and served again for the remainder of World War II.