U.S.S. Massachusetts
BB-59
1944
(Neptun 1301c)
- Class: South Dakota - 4 battleships of 1938
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 666(wl) 680(oa) x 108.25 x 29.25 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 130,000 = 28 knots
- Armor: belt 18 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/45 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 72-40mm (18x4) A.A. guns; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: Bethlehem Stell Co, Quincy MA
- Keel Laid: 20 Jul 1939
- Launched: 23 Sep 1941
- Commissioned: 12 May 1942
- Decommissioned: 27 Mar 1947
- Stricken: 1 Jun 1962
- Actions: N. Africa, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Truk raid, Hollandia, Palau, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1944-45. Preserved as memorial at Fall River, Massachusetts.
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