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. During repair of Kamikaze damage, a major upgrade in AA battery (which had been eight single 5"/25 mounts as in Colorado) to eight twin 5"/38 mounts was made as shown here.
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