U.S.S. Washington
BB-56
1941
(Neptun 1302a)
- Class: North Carolina - 2 battleships of 1937
- Displacement: 35,000 tons
- Dimensions: 714(wl) 729(oa) x 108.25 x 26.75 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 121,000 = 28 knots
- Armor: belt 16 in., turrets 18 in.
- Armament: 9-16"/45 (3x3), 20-5"/38 (10x2), 16-1.1" (4x4) A.A. guns
- Complement: 2,500
- Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 14 Jun 1938
- Launched: 1 Jun 1940
- Commissioned: 15 May 1941
- Decommissioned: 27 Jun 1947
- Stricken: 24 May 1961
- Actions: N. Atlantic 1942 (British Home Fleet), Battle of Guadalcanal, Gilbert Is., Kwajalein, Saipan, Marianas, Palau, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Pacific raids 1943-45
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