U.S.S. Tennessee
BB-43
1945
(Neptun 1304)
- Class: Tennessee - 2 battleships of 1915
- Displacement: 37,000 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 624(oa) x 114 x 30.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft turbo-electric drive, S.H.P. 30,000 = 21 knots
- Armor: belt 14 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 12-14"/50 (4x3), 16-5"/38 (8x2), 40-40mm (10x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,200
- Builder: New York Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 14 May 1917
- Launched: 30 Apr 1919
- Commissioned: 3 Jun 1920
- Decommissioned: 14 Feb 1947
- Stricken: 1 Mar 1959
- Actions: Pearl Harbor, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Palau, Leyte, Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
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