USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American...
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1918. USS Massachusetts (BB-54) would have been a battleship of the first South Dakota class, canceled by the Washington Naval Treaty in 1923. USS Massachusetts (BB-59)...
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Fore River Shipyard (redirect from Fore River, Massachusetts)
battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59), and the cruisers USS Springfield (CL-66) and USS Salem (CA-139) as well as the Navy's first carrier USS Lexington (CV-2)...
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vessel to be named after the Commonwealth since the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was decommissioned in 1947. Her keel was laid 11 December 2020...
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Julien's Creek Annex. The USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was stored for 18 years at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Massachusetts was placed in the Atlantic Reserve...
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Battleship Massachusetts can refer to: USS Massachusetts (BB-2) (1896-1919), now an underwater preserve USS Massachusetts (BB-59), a World War II battleship...
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USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched...
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World War II combat history. In the first instance, the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) employed these 16"/45-caliber guns as her primary armament, and...
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(BB-61) – USS Iowa Museum, Los Angeles, CA USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA USS Missouri (BB-63), Pearl Harbor, HI USS New Jersey...
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September 1943. On May 2, 1945, he assumed command of the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59), which he held through the end of the war. From August 1949 to...
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