Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Disposition of American Battleships Keywords: ships, disposition Message-ID: <1990Oct5.034136.546@cbnews.att.com> Date: 5 Oct 90 03:41:36 GMT Sender: military-request@att.att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Indian Hill - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 165 Approved: military@att.att.com From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher) Here's some stuff I was able to dig up on the final disposition of American battleships. Sorry, I don't have any info on battleships earlier than BB 26. Perhaps someone else can fill in some of the earlier gaps. Number Name Commission Date Final Disposition ------ --------------- -------------- -------------------------- BB 26 South Carolina January 1910 Sold to breakers in 1924 BB 27 Michigan April 1910 Sold to breakers in 1924 BB 28 Delaware April 1910 Sold to breakers in 1924 BB 29 North Dakota April 1910 Sold to breakers in 1931 BB 30 Florida September 1911 Broken up for scrap in 1931 BB 31 Utah August 1911 Sunk at Pearl Harbor Dec 1941. Repair attempt abandoned. Wreakage still at the site. BB 32 Wyoming September 1912 Broken up for scrap in 1948 BB 33 Arkansas September 1912 Destroyed during nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. BB 34 New York April 1914 Scuttled near Pearl Harbor in 1948, after surviving two Bikini Atoll nuclear tests BB 35 Texas March 1914 On permanent display as a museum in Texas. BB 36 Nevada March 1916 Sunk in 1946 by aerial torpedo while acting as target during naval gunnery training. BB 37 Oklahoma May 1916 Scuttled in 1947 while being towed to breakers for scrapping. Tow rope parted and vessel could not be salvaged. BB 38 Pennsylvania June 1916 Sunk in 1948 at Kwajelein while serving as target during gunnery exercises. BB 39 Arizona October 1916 Sunk at Pearl Harbor Dec 1941. Wreckage still at site. National Memorial since 1962. BB 40 New Mexico May 1918 Broken up for scrap in 1948. BB 41 Mississippi December 1917 Broken up for scrap in 1956. BB 42 Idaho March 1919 Broken up for scrap in 1948. BB 43 Tennessee June 1920 Broken up for scrap in 1959. BB 44 California October 1921 Broken up for scrap in 1959. BB 45 Colorado August 1923 Broken up for scrap in 1959. BB 46 Maryland July 1921 Broken up for scrap in 1959. BB 47 Washington never Completion disallowed under commissioned Washington Naval Agreement of 1922. 75% complete ship used as target for naval gunnery training. Sunk in 1924 by naval gunfire. BB 48 West Virginia December 1923 Broken up for scrap in 1961. BB 49 South Dakota never Construction abandoned before commissioned launch under terms of Washington Naval Agreement. Partially-completed ship was sold for scrap. BB 50 Indiana never Construction abandoned before commissioned launch under terms of Washington Naval Agreement. Partially-completed ship was sold for scrap. BB 51 Montana never Construction abandoned before commissioned launch under terms of Washington Naval Agreement. Partially-completed ship was sold for scrap. BB 52 North Carolina never Construction abandoned before commissioned launch under terms of Washington Naval Agreement. Partially-completed ship was sold for scrap. BB 53 Iowa never Construction abandoned before commissioned launch under terms of Washington Naval Agreement. Partially-completed ship was sold for scrap. BB 54 Massachusetts never Construction abandoned before commissioned launch under terms of Washington Naval Agreement. Partially-completed ship was sold for scrap. BB 55 North Carolina April 1941 On permanent display as national memorial at Wilmington, N.C. BB 56 Washington May 1941 Broken up for scrap in 1961. BB 57 South Dakota March 1942 Broken up for scrap in 1962. BB 58 Indiana April 1942 Broken up for scrap in 1964. BB 59 Massachusetts May 1942 On permanent display as national monument at Fall River, Mass. BB 60 Alabama August 1942 On permanent display as national monument at Mobile, Ala. BB 61 Iowa February 1943 Still on active duty. BB 62 New Jersey May 1943 Still on active duty. BB 63 Missouri June 1944 Still on active duty. BB 64 Wisconsin April 1944 Still on active duty. BB 65 Illinois never Construction abandoned in 1945 commissioned when only 22% complete. Dismantled on the slipway. BB 66 Kentucky never Construction finally abandoned commissioned in 1958 when 65% complete. Scrapped and scavenged for spare parts (bow section was used to repair the Wisconsin). Source: Battleships and Battle Cruisers-- 1905-1970, Siegfried Breyer, Doubleday 1973 Joe Baugher ************************************* AT&T Bell Laboratories * "We're wanted men. I have the * 200 Park Plaza * death sentence in twelve * Naperville, Illinois 60566-7050 * systems" * (708) 713 4548 ************************************* ihlpm!jfb jfb200@cbnewsd.att.com Who, me? Speak for AT&T? Surely you jest!