U.S.S. Pennsylvania
BB-38
1945
(Neptun 1306a)
- Class: Pennsylvania - 2 battleships of 1912-13
- Displacement: 33,100 tons
- Dimensions: 600(wl) 612.25(oa) x 106.25 x 29.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 33,375 = 21 knots
- Armor: belt 14 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 12-14"/45 (4x3), 16-5"/38 (8x2), 42-40 mm. (10x4+1x2) A.A.; 3 aircraft
- Complement: 2,290
- Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA
- Keel Laid: 27 Oct 1913
- Launched: 16 Mar 1915
- Commissioned: 12 Jun 1916
- Decommissioned: 29 Aug 1946
- Notes: Rebuilt Philadelphia Navy Yard Jun 1929 to May 1931,
using turbines intended for Washington. Again rebuilt Mare Island
Navy Yard Oct 1942 to Feb 1943 with updated AA as shown here.
- Service: Pearl Harbor (in drydock), Attu, Gilbert Islands (flagship of RAdm Richmond Kelly Turner, commander Fifth Amphibious Force), Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Palau, Leyte, Surigao Strait, Lingayen. Damaged by aircraft torpedo 12 Aug 1945. Bikini target ship Jul 1946; scuttled 10 Feb 1948.
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