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Pennsylvania class battleship (super-dreadnought).
Laid down: 27 October 1913
Launched: 16 March 1915
Commissioned: 12 June 1916
Fate: Sunk off Kwajalein Atoll after atomic bomb testing (Operation Crossroads), 10 February 1948
Main armament: 12 x 360 mm L/45
Bibliography:
Battleships viewed between 14inch guns of USS Pennsylvania 1936
Battleship USS Pennsylvania underway, 1940
USS Pennsylvania fires a 14” gun salvo during a bombarding of Attu Island 1943
Battleship USS Pennsylvania leaving San Diego 1934
USS Pennsylvania bow
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) blasts Guam
USS Pennsylvania bombarding Attu Island 11 May 1943
USS Pennsylvania BB-38 underway in 1943
Battleship USS Pennsylvania BB-38 inter-war period
Vought OS2U Kingfisher ready for launch aboard Battleship USS Pennsylvania BB-38 1943
Battleship USS Pennsylvania BB-38 aerial view
USS Downes, USS Cassin and USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) after Pearl Harbor attack
Pennsylvania class battleship (super-dreadnought).
Laid down: 27 October 1913
Launched: 16 March 1915
Commissioned: 12 June 1916
Fate: Sunk off Kwajalein Atoll after atomic bomb testing (Operation Crossroads), 10 February 1948
Main armament: 12 x 360 mm L/45
Bibliography:
- US Standard-type Battleships 1941-1945 (1): Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico Classes – Osprey New Vanguard 220
- U.S. Battleships in Action, Part 1 – Robert C. Stern, Don Greer; Squadron/Signal Publications Warships No. 3
- U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History – Norman Friedman; Naval Institute Press 1985
- The Age of the Battleship 1890-1922
- US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914-45 – Osprey New Vanguard 208
- Battleships The First Big Guns, Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) – Philip Kaplan
- Battleships – Peter Hore; Lorenz Books 2005
- Battleships: United States Battleships, 1935-1992 – Naval Institute Press 1995
- Battleships: An Illustrated History of Their Impact – Stanley Sandler
- All the World’s Battleships: 1906 to the Present – Ian Sturton; Conway Maritime Press 2000