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Unit Details

Strength
Battleship
 
Type
Surface Vessel
 
Year
1916 - 1941
 

Description


Nevada Class Battleship:

Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941.  20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.


Notable Persons
None
 
Reports To
Nevada-class
 
Active Reporting Unit
None
 
Inactive Reporting Unit
None
 
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  World War II Victory Medal - 1945
 



Name of Award
World War II Victory Medal

Year Awarded
1945

Details behind Award:
Not Specified
Last Updated:
Dec 25, 2013
 
 
 
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