Georgia Seems To Be Bb61 Preliminary Design Scheme Iv From May 1938 With 16 45 Three Gun Turrets Swapped Out For 18 48 Two Gun Turrets General Game Discussion
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Uss georgia bb 47. Uss georgia battleship 15 later bb 15 1906 1923. With work originally suspended in 1922 work would later resume on the uss georgia. Washington bb 47 construction canceled 1922.
Uss washington bb 47 a colorado class battleship was the second ship of the united states navy named in honor of the 42nd stateher keel was laid down on 30 june 1919 at camden new jersey by the new york shipbuilding corporationshe was launched on 1 september 1921 sponsored by miss jean summers the daughter of congressman john w. The completed battleship was commissioned into the fleet in september 1906. Uss georgia bb 15 was a united states navy virginia class battleship the third of five ships of the classshe was built by the bath iron works in maine with her keel laid in august 1901 and her launching in october 1904.
On patrol duty in the south atlantic in december 1941 she would remain there as a flagship of a small detachment of warships monitoring the argentine navy. Georgia on my mind. Uss georgia was the third ship of the colorado class.
Though the south dakota class was approved and the design completed prior to the end of world war i construction continued to be delayed due to the us navys need for destroyers and escort vessels to combat german u boats. Decreases this ships main gun spread range by 3 and increases own damage dealt to heavy cruisers large cruisers battlecruisers battleships and aviation battleships by 10 20 and also increases own damage dealt to aircraft carriers and light aircraft carriers by 1 10. Uss georgia a 14948 ton virginia class battleship built at bath maine was commissioned in september 1906.
She soon became a unit of the atlantic fleet participating in routine operations and in june 1907 in the jamestown expositions naval review. Washington a 32600 ton colorado class battleship was under construction at camden new jersey when the washington naval limitations treaty was signed in february 1922. Georgia is loaded with so many gimmicks that any high tier soviet french or royal navy battleship would be envious of her.
In late 1942 she would redeploy to the mediterranean fleet while the uss wyoming and uss california. Uss massachusetts bb 54 fore river shipbuilding south dakota class bb 49 to bb 54 construction. Its basically an iowa hull with 18 inch guns.
A low number of hard hitting guns superior secondaries and a special set of consumables make this paper ship perform very differently from her us counterparts like iowa or missouri. Uss washington bb 47 tags. Uss georgia battleship 15 later bb 15 1906 1923 uss georgia a 14948 ton virginia class battleship built at bath maine was commissioned in september 1906.
She soon became a unit of the atlantic fleet participating in routine operations and in june 1907 in the jamestown expositions naval review.