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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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  American Defense Service Medal - 2003
 



Name of Award
American Defense Service Medal

Devices
Star in Lieu of the following Clasps Star in Lieu of the following Clasps  Fleet Clasp for US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard for service on the high seas while regularly attached to any vessels of the Atlantic, Pacific, or Asiatic fleets as well as vessels of the Naval Transport Service and vessels operating directly under the Chief of Naval Operations Base Clasp for US Navy and US Marine Corps for service outside the continental limits of the United States (service in either Alaska or Hawaii qualified Sea Clasp for US Coast Guard for all other vessels and aircraft, not qualifying for the Fleet Clasp, which regularly conducted patrols at sea Foreign Service Class for US Army for military service outside the continental limits of the United States, including service in Alaska.
Year Awarded
2003

Details behind Award:
Not Specified
Last Updated:
Dec 27, 2013
 
 
 
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