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2. USS Nevada (BB-36) - Wikipedia

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   USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships.Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, [c] oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range ...

3. Nevada-class battleship - Wikipedia

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   The Nevada class comprised two dreadnought battleships—Nevada and Oklahoma—built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. [a] They were significant developments in battleship design, being the first in the world to adopt "all or nothing" armor, a major step forward in armor protection because it emphasized protection optimized for long-range engagements before the Battle of Jutland ...

4. List of battleships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   Ships in class: 2: USS Nevada and USS Oklahoma; Commissioned: 11 March 1916 (Nevada) Decommissioned: 29 August 1946 (Nevada) Fate: Nevada sunk as target 1948; Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941, raised and stripped of salvageable parts, sunk en route to scrapping 1947

5. List of shipwrecks in 1948 - Wikipedia

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   List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1948 Ship State Description USS Nevada United States Navy: The decommissioned Nevada-class battleship was sunk as a target approximately 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests. Penstone United Kingdom

6. USS Nevada - Wikipedia

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   USS Nevada (BM-8) a monitor commissioned in 1902, renamed Tonopah in 1909, and sold in 1922; USS Nevada (BB-36) a battleship, commissioned in 1916, served during World War II, and finally sunk for practice in 1948; USS Nevada (SSBN-733) an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine commissioned in 1986

7. Category:Maritime incidents in 1948 - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Maritime incidents in 1948" ... USS Nevada (BB-36) USS New York (BB-34) O. ST Oriana; P. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) USS Pensacola (CA-24) SS Podolsk; R.

8. Standard-type battleship - Wikipedia

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   Nevada: Nevada: BB-36 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts: 4 November 1912 11 July 1914 11 March 1916 29 August 1946 Struck 12 August 1948; sunk as a target, 31 July 1948 Oklahoma: BB-37 New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey: 26 October 1912 23 March 1914 2 May 1916 1 September 1944

9. Francis W. Rockwell (admiral) - Wikipedia

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   1908–1948: Rank: Vice Admiral: Commands: USS Winslow (DD-53) USS Thatcher (DD-162) USS Robert Smith (DD-324) USS Dorsey (DD-117) USS Nevada (BB-36) 16th Naval District Atlantic Fleet, Amphibious Training Command: Battles / wars: World War I World War II: Awards: Navy Cross Navy Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star