U.S.S. Maryland
BB-46
1945
(Neptun 1303b)
- Class: Colorado - 3 battleships of 1916
- Displacement: 32,500 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 624(oa) x 108 x 30 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft turbo-electric drive, S.H.P. 31,000 = 21 knots
- Armor: belt 16 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 8-16"/45 (4x2), 16-5"/38 (8x2), 52-40mm (13x4) A.A. guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 2,100
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Corp, Newport News VA
- Keel Laid: 24 Apr 1917
- Launched: 20 Mar 1920
- Commissioned: 21 Jul 1921
- Decommissioned: 3 Apr 1947
- Stricken: 1 Mar 1959
- Actions: Pearl Harbor, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan (torpedoed 22 Jun 1944), Palau, Leyte (extensive damage by Kamikaze 29 Nov 1944), Surigao Strait, Lingayen, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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