U.S.S. Idaho
BB-42
1942
(Neptun 1305)
- Class: New Mexico - 3 battleships of 1914
- Displacement: 33,400 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 624(oa) x 106.25 x 29.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 40,000 = 21.75 knots
- Armor: belt 14 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 12-14"/50 (4x3), 10-5"/38 (10x1), 40-40mm (10x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 1,930
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ
- Keel Laid: 20 Jan 1915
- Launched: 30 Jun 1917
- Commissioned: 24 Mar 1919
- Decommissioned: 3 Jul 1946
- Stricken: 16 Sep 1947
- Notes: Rebuilt Norfolk Navy Yard Sep 1933 - Oct 1934; rebuilt again at Puget Sound Navy Yard Oct 1944 - Jan 1945
- Service: Atlantic 1941, Attu, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Saipan, Guam, Palau, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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