Battleships: Tennessee Class

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Lead Ship,Battleship USS Tennessee pictured at Puget Sound post her major modernisation refit, May 12th 1943.
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Tennessee Class Battleship USS California pictured as completed, off Mare Island Navy Yard c1921.
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Loading 14 inch projectiles and propellant charges aboard Tennessee Class Battleship USS California at San Pedro Bay in 1932.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Tennessee pictured at Puget Sound, May 8th 1943.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Tennessee pictured c1922.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Tennessee pictured in the 1930's...Tennessee was moored in Battleship Row when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941. She was not seriously damaged, and after being repaired she operated off the West Coast of the US in 1942. In 1943, Tennessee and many of the older Battleships were thoroughly rebuilt to prepare them for operations in the Pacific War and in June–August, she took part in the Aleutian Islands Campaign, providing gunfire support to troops fighting to retake the islands. The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign followed from November 1943 to February 1944, including the Battles of Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok. In March, she raided Kavieng to distract Japanese forces during the landing on Emirau, and from June through September, she fought in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, bombarding Japanese forces during the Battles of Saipan, Guam, Tinian, and Anguar.
The Philippines campaign followed in September, during which she operated as part of the bombardment group at the Battle of Leyte. The Japanese launched a major naval counterattack that resulted in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a series of four naval engagements. During the Battle of Surigao Strait, Tennessee formed part of the US line of battle that defeated a Japanese squadron; this was the last Battleship engagement in history. Tennessee shelled Japanese forces during the Battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the Battle of Okinawa from March to June. During the latter action, she was hit by a kamikaze but was not seriously damaged. In the final months of the war, she operated primarily in the East China Sea, and after Japan's surrender in August, she participated in the occupation of Japan before returning to the US late in the year. In the postwar reduction of naval forces, Tennessee was placed in the reserve fleet in 1946 and retained, out of service, until 1959, when the Navy decided to discard her. She was sold to Bethlehem Steel in July and broken up for scrap.
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A really nice 1943 view of TENNESSEE off Adak, Alaska...... :D DFO
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Tennessee pictured in the new South Boston dry dock in 1921.
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Lead Ship, Dreadnought Battleship USS Tennessee pictured in Dry Dock No 3 at Boston Navy Yard, South Annex in 1921.
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Removal of one of the Tennessee Class sunken Battleship USS California's 14 inch/50 calibre guns from turret No 3, at Pearl Harbor early February 1942..A floating crane removes her cage mainmast, while she was under salvage on February 13th 1942.
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