USS Maryland underway
USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 – bow 4
USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 3
USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 2
USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 stern
USS Maryland at Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal 1934
USS Maryland at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal
Battleship Maryland in Panama Canal 1930s
Battleship USS Maryland, stern view November 1928
Maryland under construction at Newport New, March 1920
USS Maryland bow
USS Maryland August 1945 2
USS Maryland August 1945
USS Maryland underway April 1944
USS Maryland 1930s
USS Maryland, broadside view 1928
USS Maryland in Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal 13 February 1923
USS Maryland Pacific 14 August 1945
Maryland in Puget Sound Navy Yard. 5 August 1945 2
Anchored USS Maryland, inter-war period
USS Maryland arriving in San Francisco Harbor 1928, stern view
USS Maryland during maneuvers off the West Coast in 1935
Battleship USS Maryland at Puget Sound February 1942
Battleship USS Maryland in camouflage, 1943
USS Maryland BB-34 underway, 8 November 1942
USS Maryland aerial view, 8 November 1942
Battleship USS Maryland firing his main guns at Japanese target on Okinawa
Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 during Pre Invasion Bombardment of Tarawa, 5” battery in action
Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 starboard
Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 in camouflage
Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 during Pre Invasion Bombardment of Tarawa 20 November 1943
Battleships USS Maryland and overturned Oklahoma after Pearl Harbor Attack 1941
Colorado-class battleship.
Laid down: 24 April 1917
Commissioned: 21 July 1921
Main armament: 8 x 410 mm L/45
Fate: sold for scrap on 8 July 1959
Design
Maryland before the war was a typical oldline battleship. Old fashioned cage masts supported duplicate spotting tops and “clock face” of the range coordinator, clearly visible to other ships. The secondary guns and AA batteries were virtually without protection.
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