Battleship USS Washington (BB-56), named to honor the 42nd state, was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 May 1941 with Captain Howard H. J. Benson in command. After shakedown and underway training, Washington continued underway operations along the eastern seaboard and into the Gulf of Mexico until the United States entry into World War II following the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 ...

USS Washington (BB-56), 1941-1961 USS Washington, a 35,000-ton North Carolina class battleship, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. She commissioned in May 1941 and was in the Atlantic during "close to war" and wartime operations for more than a year.

Washington, the 42nd state, was admitted to the Union on 11 November 1889. The first six Washingtons were named for George Washington; the seventh and eighth, for Washington state. VIII (BB-56: displacement 35,000; length 729'; beam 108'; draft 38'; speed 27 knots; complement 1,880; armament 9 16-inch, 20 5-inch, 16 1.1-inch machine guns; aircraft 3 Vought OS2U-3 Kingfishers; class North ...

Alongside USS Vestal (AR-4) for initial repairs, after colliding with USS Indiana (BB-58) during the Marshalls Operation, 1 February 1944. Note serious damage to Washington's bow. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

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USS Washington (BB-56) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) Transiting the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Atlantic, early in October 1945. They were then en route to the U.S. East Coast to participate in Navy Day celebrations. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Description: USS Washington (BB-56) Maneuvering off Oahu, Hawaii, in Mid-1943. Taken by a USS Yorktown (CV-10) photographer. Taken by a USS Yorktown (CV-10) photographer. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

The Histories Branch researches and writes the multivolume Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, available in many libraries in the United States and abroad. Compiled like an encyclopedia, each volume includes summary histories of U.S. Navy ships from certain sections of the alphabet. The volumes also include an assortment of appendices on small craft, dictionary entries for Confederate ...

(BB-58) At Pearl Harbor on 13 February 1944, showing damage to her starboard side received in collision with USS Washington (BB-56) on 1 February 1944. Tug YT-471 is assisting. Note the cage mast mounted ashore in the left distance. It was removed from USS California (BB-44) while she was being salvaged following the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. U.S. Naval History and ...