List of United States Battleships

The US Battleships

[@donaldclifford5763]

My grandfather was boatswains mate on the USS South Carolina, during WW1, and the 1914 Battle of Vera Cruz.

[@jeremyh4180]

Nice video. U.S.S North Carolina, my favorite Battleship. The U.S.S Wisconsin is docked in Virginia and is a museum piece. I have been to see both Wisconsin and the North Carolina they are huge!

[@boynowayboy3218]

Jeremy H I’ve been on Missouri

[@aninnocentchild4353]

my favorite BB-61,62,63!😍

[@davidakridge2831]

BB-60 USS Alabama is in my home town of Mobile on display. She is a beautiful site.

[@helenstrickland1187]

My Husband Was On The Nevada In World War 2 !

[@byronharano2391]

She was quite the fiery BB of WW 2. Pacific and Atlantic Campaigns. The USS Nevada and her crews are a blessing from YAHWEH.

[@fritzbellinghausen340]

How old are you

[@dutchman7216]

That was awesome ! Thankyou I recently had the pressure boarding Uss Olympia and seeing Use New Jersey from her deck.

[@Mondo762]

The most decorated battleship of WW2 was the USS North Carolina with 15 battle stars.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

I went aboard the Nort Carolina while in Wilmington 1997, what a ship. She was being restored then as a museum, but, looked like she could still fight!

[@nathanjames1062]

I've been on it when I was a little kid she was beautiful then she still beautiful now I'd love to see her fire their 16-inch main guns and this is my home state

[@dantewiggins5119]

I have her in Azure lane

[@boynowayboy3218]

Rip USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS Nevada, USS California, USS West Virginia, USS Cassin, USS Downes, USS Oglala and all of the crew members from Pearl Harbor 🙏🇺🇸

[@boynowayboy3218]

Nathan James I’ve been on the USS Missouri via Pearl Harbor and it was epic

[@StsFiveOneLima]

7:05 When battleships got really big.

[@SomeOne-kj6bo]

StsFiveOneLima 4:20

[@Kpoole35]

ahhh USS Washington, one of the only US Battleships to destroy an opposing navy's battleship (IJN Kirishima)

[@georgechapin405]

Can you have misspelled more state names ?

[@markr.katzman3743]

Thanks for the images.

[@googleaccount6761]

thanks for sharing, was going to try to look them all up myself but you saved me the trouble, great work

[@williamgrand9724]

I love the Tennessee class, beautiful ships.

[@nebraskatpp]

They definitely were beautiful. .. and ready for war when it arrived.

[@sylentlight6771]

I couldn't agree more!.... Until that hideous rebuild. They absolutely butchered those classy ladies

[@danielarevalo220]

So as that pfp

[@themysticsomeone2089]

I’m glad to Have that ship Named after My State

[@spikespa5208]

Tennessee, my father's first ship when he joined. Love that clipper bow.

[@indyracingnut]

My grandfather served aboard the Pennsylvania during Pearl Harbor. I just wish they kept her around being as she was the sister ship to the Arizona. :/

[@SomeOne-kj6bo]

indyracingnut Fun Fact the USS Pennsylvania was first. I wish they kept her to

[@Cragified]

You can't preserve every ship. They are extremely expensive to do so with. Look at the sad state of the U.S.S. Texas and how she's basically in need of full reconstruction. At least the U.S. kept some of them as museums unlike everyone else.

[@onlythewise1]

my grand pa drank a beer with him

[@Guitfiddlejase]

@@Cragified.. that is an interesting point..

[@boynowayboy3218]

Rip USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, USS Nevada, USS California, USS West Virginia, USS Cassin, USS Downes, USS Oglala and all of the crew members from Pearl Harbor 🙏🇺🇸

[@pahtar7189]

This would be more interesting and useful if you put date of commissioning, length, main armament, and date retired for each. Perhaps also include one or two noteworthy things such as first ship to have a feature, instruments of Japanese surrender signed on deck, refitted with cruise missiles, etc.

[@edwardmounsey9208]

pahtar I agree length, width,depth,tonnage,armament,etc. would all be interesting. Thanks for you comment.

[@markm994]

Also actually spell the names right.

[@johnb3289]

True, yet this is a VISUAL gem. A NOSTALGIA moment. Thank you, Valkyire2012!

[@ripemm5737]

It would be nice if the pics stayed up long enough to read

[@NicholasPaulBernardo-wv2ok]

You could pause you know

[@johnmaltby134]

And in print size not requiring a magnifying glass

[@spikespa5208]

I just used pause a lot to actually study the photographs.

[@lim-dulspaladin50]

Thanks for using the pre-refit / as built photos for most of the ships.

[@zxjim]

Just a note: The USS Maine was rated as an armored cruiser (despite being known to most citizens as the Battleship Maine), and had ACR-1 as her designation; but her near-sister the USS Texas was finished and rated as a second-class battleship, even though she was never officially given that designation. The USS Texas is considered by historians to have been the first U.S. battleship, and should probably be included in this list.

[@donaldclifford5763]

Is this the USS Maine that was sunk in Havana Harbor, precipitating the Spanish American War?

[@zxjim]

Donald Clifford Yes, that’s the one. The second USS Maine was rated, and numbered, as a battleship.

[@ralphhitchensjr.9633]

USS Utah BB 31 sunk at Pearl Harbor. USS Wyoming BB32 and the USS Arkansas BB33 oldest American Battleships to serve in WW2. One of the guns from the Wyoming is on display at Fort Miles in Delaware.

[@northtexasskies3243]

Ive seen the USS Alabama (BB-60) in person. My family and i were on a trip from Texas to Dlorida and we wnet through mobile Alabama. We didn't stop to look. I really wish we could've. It was awesome seeing it though. The ship was massive. They don't seem big in pictures.

[@darthimperious8661]

I live in mobile, the ship is amazing to tour although it has a very disappointing service record compared to contemporary BB’s of its time.

[@marksolarz3756]

Nice video! With some rare photos!

[@bullreeves1109]

Great video

[@cherylelainewilliams6449]

My Uncle, David Bauman Sr. served on the USS Arkansas. He entered the US Navy in April 1945. The family is proud of his service.

[@joebutterman3084]

It is interesting to note how few of these ships actually saw combat. It would be interesting to do a list of the worlds battleships that have seen combat compared to those who haven't

[@ThatGuyOrby]

Well BB-38 Pennsylvania has the most shells ever fired in a single campaign out of all the ships in the US navy so...It saw quite a bit of combat.

[@bullettube9863]

If you are referring to battleships fighting battleships, only South Dakota and Washington actually fought. (and won) But all of the battleships saw some action and palyed a part in WW2. The USS New York and Texas each saw duty in both WW1 and WW2. USS Wyoming was the oldest BB, and used as a gunnery training ship after the Utah was sunk at Pearl Harbor. The Utah, like Arizona, is still at Pearl Harbor, and there is a memorial there.

[@Leoluvesadmira]

Some forgot about surgio strait where the last battleship battle was fought. I forgot which which ships the japanese as southern forxe but the US forces where all pearl harbour battleships minus the Arizona and the Oklahoma and the Mississippi was added to the battleline

[@Bartonovich52]

South Dakota and Washington fought Kirishima-which was actually a battlecruiser. It was designed as such and still had thin armour.

[@Cragified]

In their era Battleships where the ICBMs. There if you needed them, but hopefully you did not. The fact they didn't see combat means they did their job. Just like all the ICBMs that have entered and left service that where never launched.

[@66Wilies]

Nice job thank you grandfather was on the Florida between the wars.

[@williammorton7072]

I know it would be crazy to do so, but I would love to see them build the Montana Class battleship. 55

[@markm994]

I heard that we do not have the ability to produce the armor anymore.

[@Murica-zy5up]

The Alabama is my personal favorite. I actually saw it in mobile Alabama

[@thefieldmarshal8682]

My favorite US battleship is the USS Washington

[@poky1958]

Why don"t we keep some of these old ships and renew them as needed, we could never build another one.

[@lim-dulspaladin50]

Because they're really expensive / labor intensive. Even as a museum piece the cost is substantial as an example check out the USS Texas

[@Rob.DB.]

good vid,thnkz

[@anukperera8212]

It looks like the evolution of the U.S. warships.Can you add the images & details of the cancelled Montana class battleships? (Just like BB 67 USS Montana,BB 71 USS Lousiana,... etc.)

[@bobbychoate7476]

You got to love good old America muscle

[@robbleeker4777]

Interesting to see the evolution of the US Naval BB

[@chitvang4996]

He put on the pirate song hoist the colours

[@revrogerphillips2383]

My Great Uncle was a Bosun Mate on the Louisiana and went around then world in her with the Great White Fleet

[@jack_leinen]

*that’s gotta be the best pirate i’ve ever seen*

[@TheRealBirdmann]

Now show me that horizon. Nunununnaununa.. and really bad eggs.

[@ianjohnson2803]

Not bad! I especially liked the part where you had pictures of WW2 battleships and their names!

[@johnson8276]

Im confused is this meant for all the battleship classes or a list of every battleship because USS California is a Tennessee class

[@bigjake4424]

Count me out for gun crew of the AA mount riding turret #2

[@bkcamaro]

you also should have also add some service notes and what happened to the ship

[@solpricetrojan1626]

Cool Music. Do you have a list of what each song used was? Just curious.

[@nebraskatpp]

Hey, this sounds like it's from a movie soundtrack. ... from what film ...please.

[@nebraskatpp]

Well I'd I had waited a little longer I would have guessed the OST was from the Pirates if the Caribbean series.

[@CorsetGrace]

The picture of the Nevada (with an E) is in her World War II configuration after her overhaul post Pearl Harbor. Note the second mast is gone and the dual mount 5 inch guns along her broadsides.

[@scp-qj8rd]

My qeustion is how do you mess up spelling Nevada it's not navada

[@TheBritishBarman]

That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen

[@jkdm7653]

Why not mention BB-65 USS Illinois and BB-66 USS Kentucky? Iowa-class ships not completed during the war...by then, carriers had become the new backbone of the US Navy. Can you name the 5 members of the Montana class which were not built?

[@kempmt1]

I was going to mention the last two Iowas, thanks

[@hibiki54]

Who cares about ships that were never completed?

[@ImtheGhostMagnet]

Jkdm 76 - The last Iowa class battleship was actually built but was not built into a battleship. It was built into the thickest armored hull Aircraft Carrier ever built. It became the U.S.S MIDWAY. Until the arrival of nuclear powered Aircraft Carrier, the Midway was one of the fastest conventional powered carriers ever built. It's narrow hull permitted it to be able to travel through the Panama Canal. She now resides as a museum in San Diego.

[@sdavrider]

ghost magnet ...interesting idea but not so sure about that fifth Iowa. Wikipedia states that Midway benefited from Montana class technology. Wikipedia's page on the Iowa class states, "Four were completed, two more were laid down but canceled in August 1945, at war's end, and both hulls were scrapped in 1958. "

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

USS Midway was not the fastest conventional carriers, they were only 33 knots. The Shokaku class were the fastest at 35 knots. US carriers rarely top 33 knots. Japanese fleet carriers preferred higher speed at 34 or 35 knots whenever possible. Midway however carried the largest amount of planes at 120 planes, so much in fact a single carrier had trouble commanding and handling them all. US enjoy having more planes, generally US carriers had more planes than other nations.

[@rccarsandmusic2641]

Excellent video. Wish you could have shown the real Montana that's hidden in the Arctic.

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

..?

[@Thunder_Dog_Gaming]

its so strange ro see how small these early ships were

[@terenfro1975]

How many of these names did you misspell? I saw a few.

[@djscy5856]

3:05 Thumps up.

[@cmdrghostface6277]

Being as how it's where I live, USS Indiana (both the submarine and the battleship) and USS Indianapolis are my favorites; I might be a bit biased though. You should read up on the Indianapolis, it's very tragic.

[@marinesubmarine8663]

Sharks.... wooohoooo

[@TributeFlight]

BB-36, arguably the greatest battleship of them all, the USS Nevada, is misspelled. Regardless, a great video.

[@byronharano2391]

Most likely a tyop....oops...typo. Lol.

[@jack_leinen]

Tribute Flight opinion opinion 😂

[@rosaamarillo2110]

It wasn't the only one...

[@BrendonjacobDedace]

USS Illinois (BB-65) and USS Kentucky (BB-66) are both Iowa class that were cancelled.

[@luisvaldes1568]

I can't see the guns in the early ships. Also Nabraska spelled wrong but what the hell. What happened to the Texas? Was this the Maine blown up in Cuba? I will look it up.

[@luisvaldes1568]

The first Texas I mean. Maybe not a true Battleship Thanks.

[@TheRealBirdmann]

“That has to be the best pirate I’ve ever seen.”

[@performapalhelpprincess9108]

Montana battleship was considered a larger Iowa class battleship cancelled 7 years after the order.

[@ObamaTookMyCat]

You missed 2 classes and an important ship. You missed the cancelled Colorado class ship BB47 which was the Washington cancelled around 70 percent complete, the 1920 South Dakota Class Battleships cancelled by the WNT, which included USS South Dakota BB49, Indiana BB50, Montana BB51, North Carolina BB52, Iowa BB53, and Massachusetts BB54. Tow ships of the Iowa Class Were missed as well, which were the Illinois BB65, and Kentucky BB66, which was also around 70 percent complete and had its bow placed on Wisconsin. The Montana Class Ships were to be Montana BB67, Ohio BB68, Maine BB69, New Hampshire BB70, and Louisiana BB71. Now i understand that this video may have only commemorated the ships actually put to sea in the USN and in commission, but we need to also realize ALL for the ships in the USN that were authorized, but not necessarily 100% built. These ships not completed were still technically part of the Fleet of all Us battleships, and again should be commemorated as well since they were given names, hull numbers, and assigned to dry docks to build them.

[@game_stage]

! ObamaTookMyCat ! Ya but the two Iowa's that got canceled were going to be Montana class then got reordered as Iowa class then later canceled and also u spelled two wrong and plus he only put the ones that got completed at least to my knowledge

[@jkdm7653]

Well said! Thank you!

[@andypage9]

NEVER BUILT

[@creekwalker62]

The USS Colorado was an awesome Battleship that was built right after WWI and saw limited action during WW2. It was one of the first Battleships in the American Arsenal that sported 15 and 8 inch guns. The Colorado Class was nearly obsolete when WW2 broke out because It was slow, heavy and not as agile as the new ships so it was phased out. There's my 2 cents worth.

[@beammeup8654]

Colorado class had 16" main guns. (4 pairs) The U.S. Navy NEVER USED 15" guns. Their secondary battery were 6" guns, NOT 8". (5 singles per side.) NO American Battleship had 8" guns. Some of the pre-dreadnaughts DID!! But not any after South Carolina BB-26. The Lexington class Carriers had 8" guns, but they were removed just as the war started.

[@bullettube9863]

A very well presented slide show with fine music! Okay, I'm nit-picking here but you spelled Nevada as Navada. Of course many people here will mention that the USS Kentucky was 70% complete when construction was stopped. Kentucky then sat in drydock for the next 10 yrs before being scrapped. Because it was launched but not officially commissioned, it's not on the navy list. It's bow section was removed to repair the USS Wisconsin. The 1st USS Maine and 1st USS Texas could have been first and second, , but this was only because Congress had authorized two "coastal" warships, and not battleships. None the less, they were the first big gun ships the navy built.

[@rob5894]

So why the Kearsarge and why do some states get multiple ships over others with one?

[@wayneb2490]

48 states 64 ships.

[@treydunn8497]

This lit ass music lol

[@fritzbellinghausen340]

It's funny how he left out a good bit of the battleships and people still sub to him and like his vid

[@johnbockelie3899]

The bow of the USS Wisconsin came from the unused USS Kentucy 'm Wisconsin collided with a destroyer in the fog in 1949. The Navy cut off her damaged.bow and replaced it with the Kentucy''s bow. The Kentucy was sold for scrap.

[@Sonicspeed-hz9qn]

5:41 is my favorite

[@ianjohnson2803]

Song Name?

[@ussiowa501]

im the 61st ship shown on here,but while my little brother the older USS Iowa was some of the first

[@hevendor958]

for one the Older USS Iowa is a she not a he

[@richardmattingly7000]

To KreigsMeister27, The USS Maine original designation as a cruiser was purely political, even HMS Hood carried the label and the farce was carried out even after the Washington Naval Treaty in 1920. The definition of a Battleship was quite flexible and designating vessels as a cruiser was less provocative to the public even though it fooled no one.

[@robinw1526]

What happened to 49,thru 54?

[@wyatthen55]

Alabama and Iowa and Missouri could lock horns with the Yamato

[@byronharano2391]

Imagine if the US Navy did proceed with the commissioning of the Montana Class of BB? We could use such a Class of Warships of the Montana Class BB today especially with a belligerent China and resurgent Russia. God bless America and all her Saliors and Marines.

[@williamt.sherman9841]

how would that be useful?

[@byronharano2391]

@@williamt.sherman9841 I don't know William. How would this NOT be useful?

[@williamt.sherman9841]

@@byronharano2391 very high cost. very little value. extremely vulnerable to modern weapons.

[@byronharano2391]

@@williamt.sherman9841 That's what is said of today's Carriers and Carrier Taskforces. You have extremely valid points, Thank you William.

[@poky1958]

Are any of these old battle wagons still in existance? if they are Where are they and why don't we recomishion them again

[@zxjim]

Yes, but the last active ship was decommissioned in 1992, and the last two were removed from the reserve fleet in 2006. There are eight battleships that exist as memorials in various locations. (I've been on board the USS Massachusetts). We are likely to never commission them again because the cost of updating them to modern standards would exceed the cost of purchasing a new ship of similar capabilities which would be also be cheaper to operate.

[@epicgalaxist3385]

iowa class battleships looks the best even better than the yamato

[@sombertownds149]

I think the bismark looks the best

[@arunkris7299]

I think paper boat looks better lol 😂

[@bigmanooscar7904]

i dont know about that, theres just something about the yamato that looks better then the iowa

[@Tcs3858]

I think the Iowa looks cooler. Better radar and fire control. And looking at the 80s refit makes the Iowa look way cooler

[@tangmengtit888]

Yeah Iowa looks slim and well designed while Yamato just looks fat and just slapped on srmour

[@Therailwayenthusiast4real]

I wish they named battleships more then just after states

[@Peterax788]

I wish the Montana class was built

[@mikhailkardinalnyybrushnik4244]

I agree they put Yamato to shame

[@Newton2041]

Dear God, learn to spell before posting: *Battleship *Nebraska *Nevada *Pennsylvania *commissioned *images

[@raysheridan1349]

Does anyone really care and maybe how he pronounce a word or maybe that is how it's spelled like Nashua where I live it' was spelled Nashva. You know how is spell bias or prejudice and about asshole that you really are all 3?

[@snarky_user]

@@raysheridan1349 "Does anyone really care" is a stupid question to ask after Newton 2041's comment, because obviously he cared enough to comment.

[@bigbossman3987]

I’m with Ray on this one !!! I know what the man was trying to spell, therefore there’s exactly zero reason for me to be on the internet bashing him over a few simple misspelled words !!! Quit with trying to push your “I’m better than you “ superiority complex over someone else because you can spell Nebraska !!!! You know, BECAUSE WE CAN CARE LESS WHETHER OR NOT IF YOU CAN SPELL NEBRASKA, WHIEN SOMEONE ELSE CAN’T !!! SMH !!!! Go to the bank and ask for two $10’s & a $5 in change for a $20 bill !!!! A person might not be able to spell Nebraska, but even a damn fool knows money just by looking at the numbers that’s on it & having a Calculator !!! That’s honestly one of the most piss poor comparisons about something that I’ve ever seen !!! That dumbass comparison along is proof enough that you’re not superior to any damn body !!! You fools probably can’t even walk & chew bubblegum at the same time, but there isn’t anybody on the internet trying to belittle you over it, now is there ???? That’s the problem with this ole world today, everybody is to damn worried about what everybody else is doing, when they have plenty enough of their own that they should be spending that time on tending to instead, grow the hell up some people !!!

[@stevewixom9311]

@@raysheridan1349 well where do you live that proper spelling doesn't matter??

[@rccarsandmusic2641]

Ok it says the Montana was not commissioned, but it didn't say the Montana or a sister ship was not built, most likley hidden in the Navy's Area 51, fitted with laser weapons and rail guns.

[@KriegsMeister27]

One thing that always bothered me was that there was only one battleship named after Virginia, my home as well as the state which built a large portion of these ships. I guess I just have to settle with _Virginia_-class Ballistic Submarines

[@The31stcenturyfox]

It's an attack submarine, not a ballistic missile submarine. Still a very nice class of vessel to have your State named after and there will be a lot of them.

[@clayplumstead2946]

KriegsMeister27 You might be happy to know that there was a nuclear cruiser named Virginia and after she retired, the best fast attack submarine in the world is the Viginia class

[@npsfam]

wow, that is a lot of floating iron! Never thought the US had so many battle ships...

[@brogogeta9998]

I just found out that there are two uss Idaho's

[@andypage9]

missing quite a few

[@snakeplissken2018]

The USS North Dakota was BB-29 not BB--39

[@waltonwarrior7428]

Very nice video. I enjoyed it very much as I enjoy United States Naval history. However, you should use spell check with your video editing. The USS Nebraska Nevada and Pennsylvania are all misspelled. No big deal just an observation. Thanks again.

[@johnathanleonardo912]

7:42 USS MASSACHUSETTS. The "Big Maime"

[@10star9]

I did not know we had Uss Vermont, They did not show my father ship USS Astoria The mightly 90 The Revenger I watch all the way through

[@markshuford450]

According to Wikipedia, the USS Astoria was a Cleveland Class light cruiser, not a battleship.

[@davidyoung5114]

Nabraska? Navada? Were they spelled with the second letter 'a' instead of 'e', or was that just a mistake?

[@byronharano2391]

Most likely a typo. I know the auto spelling correct has messed me up with spelling. This was a very good spelling....I mean video. Don't allow minor annoyances and detractors take away from this video's viewing enjoyment.

[@notfalle1215]

My shipfus can’t be this cute

[@billhuber2964]

The world knew us by these . why do you think our enemies fear us . HOOYAH !!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Bartonovich52]

They don’t. The only war you’ve really won in the last 70 years is Grenada. You’re losing the economic wars and the cyber wars, too. Must be pretty embarrassing that your powerful military can be defeated by poor brown people with Kalashnikovs.

[@papabonedaddy4116]

Now they fear our Subs, Destroyers and Carriers. Poor BB's.... So much American Muscle...Well never see ships like these again.

[@papabonedaddy4116]

@@Bartonovich52 You can hurt us....But youll never defeat us. That's not fiction....Its straight up Fact. The four World Powers Russia, China, Europe and the US...No Navy compares to ours. 1 of Our US Subs alone could wipe a Country off the map.

[@ak2340]

song name plz

[@glennswagmire8331]

MAX L it's the pirates of the Caribbean theme how do you not know that

[@jamesmurray8558]

I would see the con ning tower of the U.S. Oregon on the Seawall in Portland, Oregon.

[@WelshRabbit]

With the obvious misspellings of some of the ship names, I assume that English is not your native language.

[@angeloicaro661]

CV Next!.

[@terrellhayes2862]

Can't go under twenty big battles ship under iwjema air craft carries reserve of fifteen friget destroypr twenty each other ship to make a fleet

[@mr.r080t3]

You spelled Nebraska and Nevada wrong. Great vid however!

N-e-braska, not Nabraska N-e-vada, not Navada

[@Bartonovich52]

N-o-body cares.

[@nebraskatpp]

I care.... wonder why?

[@aidan8117]

Kuz u a triggered murican

[@SomeOne-kj6bo]

Alfraks ur sad cuz our ships are better

[@SomeOne-kj6bo]

Oh and dude ur right

[@seventhson27]

I don't think there are ANY of them that ANY nation, in their day would have wanted to tangle with.

[@RG-fc7ht]

Why is there a numbering gap between West Virginia and North Carolina

[@mitchellrush5543]

Cause they canceled the first South Dakota class which has the hull numbers from BB 49 to 54

[@stmary5]

The most beautiful decorated Navy ships in history in war God bless America🇺🇸

[@doh1976]

USS Washington should have been preserved as a national monument

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

You forgot Fort Drum :P

[@shugojinju7046]

@@Star737_yt but she's still a battleship...kinda!

[@1TeddySOS]

Do you mean US named all battleships after all American states? Wow that's incredible. Beautiful. Sleeping giant awoken by Japanese when pearl harbor was attacked

[@bluewave2536]

Why USS1 is named after Indiana? Doesn't even have coast line.

[@terrellhayes2862]

Stay a tight ban of twenty in reserve as grandfather cluse bring to top condition as the ships of the nation

[@jkdm7653]

Just wondering, where is the state "Kearsarge"?

[@truegopnik6591]

Jkdm 76 it's q mountain in New Hampshire

[@russg1801]

Only 'capital' ship that wasn't named for a state; I had thought she was the first 'modern' US battleship and that they'd settled on the state naming scheme immediately after. Only state that DIDN'T ultimately have a commissioned battleship named after it was Montana; the planned class of post-IOWA super battleships wasn't built.

[@jkdm7653]

Thanks, Russ. Those New Englanders must have had a lot of "pull" to get a US battleship named for their mountain, eh?

[@johnwhite7219]

Kersage lived on longer than any other pre Dreadnaught. She was converted to a craine ship and served into the 50's. Even gave up her name to a Carrier By the way Kersage was probably named after the Civil War cruiser that defeated the C.S.S Alabama.

[@bbbabrock]

Russ G ...Idt there was ever any USS Louisiana. I live in N.O. . And I was watching for it. Some states got 2 or 3.