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| Class: | BB 36 | Fleet: | ||
| Status: | Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise | Homeport: | ||
| Date status changed: | 07/31/1948 | Berth: | ||
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| Force: | MARAD Type: | |||
| Builder: | FORE RIVER SB CO | |||
| Delivery Date: | 03/11/1916 | |||
| Award Date: | 01/22/1912 | Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): | 32.3 years | |
| Keel Date: | 11/04/1912 | Commission Date: | 03/11/1916 | |
| Launch Date: | 07/11/1914 | Decommission Date: | 08/29/1946 | |
| Age (since launch)(At time of disposal) | 34.0 years | Years from Commission to Decommission: | 30.5 | |
| Stricken Date: | 08/12/1948 | |||
| Overall Length: | 583 ft | Waterline Length: | 575 ft | |
| Extreme Beam: | 108 ft | Waterline Beam: | ||
| Maximum Navigational Draft: | 34 ft | Draft Limit: | ||
| Light Displacement: | 29000 tons | Full Displacement: | 34757 tons | |
| Dead Weight: | 5757 tons | |||
| Hull Material: Steel hull, steel superstructure. | ||||
| Number of Propellers: 2 | ||||
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| Accommodations: | Officers: 106 | Enlisted: 2060 |
| Remarks: | EMPLOYED AS A TARGET SHIP IN THE ATOMIC BOMB TESTS AT BIKINI ATOLL IN 7/1946. SU RVING THOSE TESTS, SHE WAS LATER SUNK AS A TARGET ON 7/31/1948, 65 MILES SOUTHWE ST OF PEARL HARBOR BY GUNFIRE FROM A DESTROYER, A HEAVY CRUISER AND IOWA (BB 61) AND THAN FINALLY BY AN AERIAL TORPEDO HIT AMIDSHIPS |
| Custodian: | US NAVY | Ships Program Manager: |
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| No changes to this information were reported since 03/01/1999 |
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