U.S.S. Idaho
BB-42
1930
(Spider Navy 1-01)
- Class: New Mexico - 3 battleships of 1914
- Displacement: 32,000 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 624(oa) x 97.5 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), 12-5"/51 (10x1), 8-3"/50 (8x1) A.A. guns
- Complement: 1,323
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, NJ
- Keel Laid: 20 Jan 1915
- Launched: 30 Jun 1917
- Commissioned: 24 Mar 1919
- Decommissioned: 3 Jul 1946
- Notes: Shown here before her first rebuild at Norfolk Navy Yard Sep 1933 - Oct 1934. Idaho was 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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