Battleships: Colorado Class

[Brian James]

Colorado Class Battleship USS Maryland pictured in 1941, also known as "Old Mary" or "Fighting Mary.
She is most notable for her service in World War II. She was present on Battleship Row during the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and was lightly damaged by Japanese bombs. Returning to duty in 1942, she saw service in the Pacific War, first supporting the rest of the fleet at the Battle of Midway, and then patrolling the Fiji Islands to guard against Japanese incursion. Next, she went on the offensive, commencing shore bombardments in the Battle of Tarawa and later in the Battle of Kwajalein. During the Battle of Saipan she took torpedo damage to her bow, necessitating repairs and refits. She then participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf where she was hit by a kamikaze. She took another kamikaze hit at the Battle of Okinawa, and was under repair at the end of World War II.
After service in Operation Magic Carpet, she was decommissioned in 1947, and sold for scrap in 1959. She received seven battle stars for World War II service.

[designeraccd]

The "Wee Vee", WEST VIRGINIA was rebuilt like the 2 CALIFORNIAS. Sadly I have never been able to find any pics of them during the rebuild I got a excellent new book about the CALIFORNIA yesterday...a photo book. Hundreds of pics, ptobably 90+% I hadn't seen. The pics go from sailing to PSNY to...Rebuilt...magic! $igh.......DFO

[ivorthediver]

Well Dennis all we can add is to thank you for both your kindness in sharing them with use all .

[designeraccd]

No problem; hope others find them interesting!! More of MARYLAND.......DFO

[ivorthediver]

She certainly was a big girl Dennis.

Interesting mix of construction / assembly methods , unless I'm mistaken,.... I can see Traditional rivets, Gas and Arc welding all going on side by side at various points and the turrets are huge when viewed at this stage .

[Brian James]

Colorado Class Battleship USS Maryland pictured during her High-Speed ​​Mileage Test run,post her refit and upgrades at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in spring 1944.

[Brian James]

Colorado Class Battleship USS Maryland pictured under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding Yards,March 5th 1920.

[Brian James]

Colorado Class Battleship USS Maryland pictured at South Boston c1925.

[Brian James]

The never-completed hull of USS Washington, pictured on September 30th 1921,she was the third member of the Colorado Class and cancelled by the Washington Naval Treaty.Her keel was laid down on June 30th 1919, at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on September 1st 1921.On February 8th 1922, two days after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments, all construction work ceased on the 75.9% completed Superdreadnought. She was sunk as a gunnery target on November 26th 1924, by the Battleships New York and Texas.

[designeraccd]

Here are earlier pics of the never completed WASHINGTON; at launch, fitting out and laid up. Some additional work had been done on her since the earlier pic, above. She was sunk in 1924 by 14" shell fire from TEXAS and NEW YORK. DFO