US Battleships by State

(Plus Alaska Class)

This page was fairly quickly put together. It attempts to provide links to interesting pages on each ship. However, I spent only a few minutes searching per ship, and got tired of the process before finishing the page. If I found nothing interesting, I defaulted to the USS Salem page. They have a reasonable entry for every ship of the battleship era, and many others before and since. Still, all I really did was go to my favorite search engine, MetaCrawler, and type in a search on "uss statename number bb." If a ship isn't listed on this page, or the link below is broken, try Meta Crawler or USS Salem.

DANFS Online provides a complete if brief history and numbers set for each ship. When available, I am linking to other sources that may or may not be an improvement. I am not going to be frequntly visiting this list to see that the links are still hot. Catch as catch can. :-)

USS Salem - The Salem, in addition to being a WW II heavy cruiser museum, is also the US national ship building

Jmea has another good battleship chart.

Alabama

BB 8, Illinois, 16 k, 4x13"

BB 60, South Dakota, 27.5 k, 9x16", 1942, 1964 (Museum)

Alaska

CB 1, Alaska, 33k, 9x12", 1943, 1960
Large Cruiser class named for US territories.

Arizona

BB 39, Pennsylvania, 21 k, 12x14", 1915, 1941 (Memorial)

Arkansas

BB 33, Wyoming, 21.05k, 12x12", 1911, 1946

California

BB 44, Tennessee, 21k, 12x14", 1919, 1959

Colorado

BB 45, Colorado, 21 k, 8x16", 1921, 1959

Connecticut

BB18, Connecticut, 18k, 4x12"

Delaware

BB 28, Delaware, 21, 10x12" 1909, 1910, 1924

Florida

BB 30, Florida, 21k, 10x12", 1910, 1911, 1930

Georgia

BB 15, 19k, Virginia, 4x12"

Guam

CB 2, Alaska, 33k, 9x12", 1943, 1961

Hawaii

CB 3, Alaska, not completed

Idaho

BB 24, Mississippi, 18 k, 4x12" (Sunk by Germany, April 1941)

BB 42, New Mexico, 21 k, 12x14", 1917, 1947

Illinois

BB7, Illinois, 17, 4x13"

BB 65, Iowa

Indiana

BB 1 Indiana, 15 k, 4x13"

BB 50, South Dakota 1920

BB 58, South Dakota, 27k, 9x16", 1941, 1962 (scrap)

Iowa

BB 4, Iowa, 17 k, 4x12"

BB 53, North Carolina 1920

BB 61, Iowa, 33k, 9x16", 1942, ?

Kansas

BB 21, Connecticut, 18k, 4x12"

Kearsarge (Only BB not named for a state.)

BB 5, Kearsarge, 16 k, 4x13"

Kentucky

BB 6, Kearsarge, 17 k, 4x13"

BB 66, Iowa

Louisiana

BB 18, Connecticut, 18k, 4x12"

BB 71, Montana

Maine

Unnumbered

BB10, Maine, 17 k, 4x10"

BB 69, Montana

Maryland

BB 46, Colorado, 21.17k, 8x16", 1920, 1959

Massachusetts

BB 2, Indiana, 16 k, 4x13"

BB 54, North Carolina 1920,

BB 59, South Dakota, 27k, 9x16", 1941, 1965 (Museum)

Michigan

BB 27, South Carolina, 18.5 k, 8x12", 1908, 1910, 1924

Minnesota

BB 22, Connecticut, 18 k, 4x12"

Mississippi

BB 23, Mississippi, 17 k, 4x12"

BB 41, New Mexico, 21k, 12x14, 1917, 1956

Missouri

BB11, Missouri, 18, 4x12"

BB 63, Iowa, 33 k, 9x16", 1944, ?

Montana (The only state never to have a ship completed bearing her name.)

BB 51, South Dakota 1920, 23k, 12x16", 1920, Never Completed

BB 67, Montana, 28 k, 12x16, keel laid 1940, Never Completed

Nebraska

BB 14, Virginia, 19k, 4x12"

Nevada

BB 36, Nevada, 20.5, 10x14", 1914, 1948 (target)

New Hampshire

BB 25, Connecticut, 18 k, 4x12"

BB 70, Montana

New Jersey

BB 16, Virginia, 19k, 4x12"

BB 62, Iowa, 33k, 9x16", 1943, ?

New Mexico

BB 40, New Mexico, 21k, 12x14", 1917, 1947 (Scrap)

New York

BB 34, New York, 21 k, 10x14", 1912, 1948 (Target)

North Carolina

BB 52, North Carolina 1920

BB 55, North Carolina, 27k, 9x16", 1940, 1947, (Museum)

North Dakota

BB 29, Delaware, 21k, 10x12", 1908, 1910, 1931

Ohio

BB 12, Maine, 18 k, 4x12"

BB 68, Montana

Oklahoma

BB 37, Nevada, 20.5, 10x14", 1914, 1947 (Never operational after Pearl Harbor)

Oregon

BB 3 Indiana, 16 knots 4x13"

Pennsylvania

BB 38, Pennsylvania, 21 k, 12x14", 1915, 1948 (A-Bomb test)

Rhode Island

BB 17, Virginia, 19k, 4x12"

South Carolina

BB 26, South Carolina, 18 k, 8x12" 1908, 1910, 1924 1st US Dreadnought

South Dakota

BB 49, South Dakota 1920

BB 57, South Dakota, 27.8, 9x16", 1941, 1962

Tennessee

BB 43, Tennesee, 21 k, 12x14", 1919, 1959

Texas

Unnumbered, second class b-ship

35, New York, 21.05k, 10x14", 1912, 1948 (Museum)

Utah

BB 31, Florida, 20.75, 10x12", 1909, 1911, 1944

Vermont

BB 20, Connecticut, 18k, 4x12"

Virginia

BB 13, Virginia, 19 k, 4x12"

Washington

BB 47, Colorado, 21 k, 8x16", Launch 1921, never commissioned, 1924, (target)

BB 56, North Carolina, 27 k, 9x16", 1940, 1961

West Virginia

BB 48, Colorado, 21 k, 8x16", 1920, 1959

Wisconsin

BB 9, Illinois, 16 k, 4x13"

BB 64, Iowa, 33k, 9x16", 1943, ?

Wyoming

BB 32, Wyoming, 21.22, 12x12", 1911, 1947