USS Washington BB-56
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Battleship USS Washington (BB-56) at anchor at Scapa Flow, Scotland, as seen from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on April 4, 1942
Battleship USS Washington BB-56
Launch of Battleship USS Washington BB-56 1 June 1940
North Carolina class battleship USS Washington BB-56 1943
Returning veterans aboard battleship at Pier 88 in New York
Sailor chops ice from 406 mm guns of USS Washington
Ships of TF 38 steaming into Ulithi anchorage. Battleships USS Washington, North Carolina and South Dakota, and a Cleveland-class cruiser viewed across aircraft on carrier USS Ticonderoga, 1944
Ships of TF 38 steaming into Ulithi anchorage. Battleships USS Washington, USS North Carolina and South Dakota, 1944
USS Washington (BB-56) underway, port side
USS Washington BB-56 bow
USS Washington BB-56 broadside
USS Washington in Puget Sound 10 September 1945
USS Washington port side Philadelphia 29 May 1941
North Carolina class battleship. Laid down: 27 October 1913 Launched: 14 June 1938 Commissioned: 15 May 1941 Fate: Sold for scrap in May 1961 Main armament: 9 x 406 mm L/45 Complement: ~1900 Bibliography:
- Battleship at War: The Epic Story of the USS Washington - Ivan Musicant; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers 1986
- U.S. Battleships in Action, Part 2 – Robert C. Stern, Don Greer; Squadron/Signal Publications Warships No. 4
- U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History – Norman Friedman; Naval Institute Press 1985
- The Age of the Battleship 1890-1922
- 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