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WYOMING (AG 17)
(ex-BATTLESHIP #32, BB 32)

MISCELLANEOUS

UIC:
Class:AG 17 Fleet:
Status:Disposed of, sold for scrapping Homeport:
Date status changed:10/31/1947 Berth:
Maintenance Category:
Force: MARAD Type:
Builder: CRAMP WM/SONS
Delivery Date:09/23/1912
Award Date:10/14/1909 Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal):35.1 years
Keel Date:02/09/1910 Commission Date:09/25/1912
Launch Date:05/25/1911 Decommission Date:08/01/1947
Age (since launch)(At time of disposal)36.4 years Years from Commission to Decommission: 34.8
Stricken Date: 09/16/1947

Overall Length: 562 ft Waterline Length:554 ft
Extreme Beam:106 ft Waterline Beam:
Maximum Navigational Draft:29 ft Draft Limit:
Light Displacement:27900 tons Full Displacement:29000 tons
Dead Weight:1100 tons
Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure.
Number of Propellers: 4
Propulsion Type:
Accommodations: Officers: 77 Enlisted: 1186

Remarks: PLACED IN REDUCED COMMISSIONING ON 1/1/1931 FOR CONVERSION TO A GUNNERY TRAINING
SHIP AT THE NORFOLK NAVY YARD. AFTER PEARL HARBOR IT WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED T
O REMILITARIZE THE SHIP AND CONVERT HER BACK TO A FULL BATTLESHIP, BUT THE IDEA
WAS DROPPED DUE TO THE COST. SHE WAS SOLD TO LIPSETT INC., NEW YORK, NY FOR SCRA
PPING ON 10/31/1947 AND REMOVED FROM NAVY CUSTODY ON 12/11/1947.




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