USS Massachusetts

USS Massachusetts, hull number BB-59, is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships, a problem that was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews.

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BB-59; BB-59
length 207 metre, length 210 metre, speed 27.8 knot, speed 27.5 knot, draft 11 metre, beam 33 metre, beam 32.7 metre, draft 8.9 metre, 9 cannon,
preserved watercraft, South Dakota-class battleship, museum ship, battleship, Fore River Shipyard, United States Navy, Bethlehem Steel,

Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System page^@
National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@
National Register of Historic Places page^@
Drachinifel page^@

Location: 41.7062, -71.1633, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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USS Cero ⓘ
patrol vessel of the United States Navy
USS Fall River ⓘ
1944 Baltimore-class cruiser
USS Lionfish ⓘ
1943 Balao-class submarine
USS Saratoga ⓘ
1955 Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
WLV-613 ⓘ
last lightship to mark the Ambrose channel
Lightship No. 114 ⓘ
lightship

1942-11-16T00:00:00Z

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1939-07-20T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1941-09-23T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1942-05-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1947-03-27T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1778-05-25T00:00:00Z

1778-05-30T00:00:00Z

1778 Mount Hope Bay raids

1778-08-29T00:00:00Z

1778 Battle of Rhode Island

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Frameless

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) transferres personnel to Garrad (APA-84) 1945

Japanese battleship Nagato seen from USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 1945

Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-490143

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - 80-G-303478

Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-K-6035

BC-CoveNBridge1d

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi on 9 August 1945 (80-G-339333)

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is towed to Fall River in 1965

USS Massachusetts BB-59 5-12-1942 Boston Harbor

Wikivoyage banner Bombardment of Kamaishi

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1778	Mount Hope Bay raids	United States, Continental Army, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1778	Battle of Rhode Island	United States, battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
link	page		Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System page^@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Cero	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Fall River	heavy cruiser, Baltimore-class cruiser	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Lionfish	attack submarine, preserved watercraft, United States Navy	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Saratoga	Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, supercarrier	Wikidata
object	watercraft		WLV-613	preserved watercraft, ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1930	Lightship No. 114	lightvessel	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Walsh-Kaiser Company	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Phoenix	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Rodman	artillery fort, historic district	Wikidata
site	fort	1675	Russell Garrison	fort, ruins	Wikidata
site	fort	1702	Fort Wolcott	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1776	Acushnet Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1798	Fort Adams	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1942	Fort Church	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1943	Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation	fort	Wikidata
site	museum		Bristol Train of Artillery Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hiddensee	corvette, German Navy, United States Navy, preserved watercraft, East German Navy, museum ship	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.	preserved watercraft, museum ship, destroyer, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum		USS Massachusetts	preserved watercraft, battleship, museum ship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1945	PT-617	preserved watercraft, motor torpedo boat, museum ship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1945	PT 796	preserved watercraft, PT boat, museum ship, United States Navy	Wikidata
site	museum	1965	Battleship Cove	maritime museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Endeavour	survey vessel, collier, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1762	HMS Lark	fifth-rate frigate, shipwreck, Richmond-class fifth-rate frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) transferres personnel to Garrad (APA-84) 1945		Commons
commons	image		Japanese battleship Nagato seen from USS Massachusetts (BB-59) 1945		Commons
commons	image		Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-490143		Commons
commons	image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) - 80-G-303478		Commons
commons	image		Bombardment of Kamaishi, Japan, 14 July 1945 - 80-G-K-6035		Commons
commons	image		BC-CoveNBridge1d		Commons
commons	image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) opens fire on Kaimaishi on 9 August 1945 (80-G-339333)		Commons
commons	image		USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is towed to Fall River in 1965		Commons
commons	image		USS Massachusetts BB-59 5-12-1942 Boston Harbor		Commons
commons	image		Wikivoyage banner Bombardment of Kamaishi		Commons

USS Massachusetts

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