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| Class: | BB 38 | Fleet: | ||
| Status: | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | Homeport: | ||
| Date status changed: | 02/10/1948 | Berth: | ||
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| Force: | MARAD Type: | |||
| Builder: | NEWPORT NEWS/NEWPT | |||
| Delivery Date: | 06/12/1916 | |||
| Award Date: | 02/28/1913 | Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): | 31.7 years | |
| Keel Date: | 10/27/1913 | Commission Date: | 06/12/1916 | |
| Launch Date: | 03/16/1915 | Inactivation Date: | ||
| Age (since launch)(At time of disposal) | 32.9 years | Decommission Date: | 08/29/1946 | |
| Years from Commission to Decommission: | 30.2 | |||
| Stricken Date: | 02/19/1948 | |||
| Overall Length: | 608 ft | Waterline Length: | 600 ft | |
| Extreme Beam: | 106 ft | Waterline Beam: | ||
| Maximum Navigational Draft: | 34 ft | Draft Limit: | ||
| Light Displacement: | 33100 tons | Full Displacement: | 38659 tons | |
| Dead Weight: | 5559 tons | |||
| Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure. | ||||
| Number of Propellers: 4 | ||||
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| Accommodations: | Officers: 155 | Enlisted: 2400 |
| Remarks: | EMPLOYED AS A TARGET SHIP IN THE ATOMIC BOMB TESTS AT BIKINI ATOLL IN 7/1946. SH E SURVIVED THOSE TESTS AND WAS TOWED TO KWAJALEIN LAGOON WHERE SHE DECOMMISSIONE D AND REMAINED THERE FOR RADIOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES UNTIL 2/10/1948 WHE N SHE WAS SUNK OFF KWAJALEIN |
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| Last updated 07/22/2002 |
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