Schiffsprofil

Pennsylvania (U.S.S.)

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Geschichte

This battleship was built in 1915 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd..

Historische Notizen

Kyle Stubbs (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 04/05/2017) reports that " I did find the following quote in a book on the history of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps: "During the summer of 1928 the U.S.S. Pennsylvania will take about fifty members of University of California naval unit to Victoria, B.C., in time to participate in the celebration of Empire Day and Victoria Day." Target During Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. Scuttled off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, February 10, 1948.

Eigentümer & Kapitäne

In 1916-1948 she was owned by the United States Navy.

Kapitäne

Captain Henry Braid Wilson USN (1916);

Namensbedeutung

Named for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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