USS
Pennsylvania naval art prints of USS Pennsylvania by top naval artist Randall
Wilson. USS Pennsylvania was built by Newport News, and laid down on the 27th October
1913, launched 16th march 1915 and commissioned into the u navy on the
12th June 1916, , she was ordered as a flagship and was fitted with a
special two-level Control tower. She was flagship to the Atlantic fleet
1916 to 1918. and escorted the liner carrying President Wilson to the
Peace conference in France, in December 1918. on the 18th August 1921, she
embarked 400 US marines to persuade Panama to accept American mediation in
the border dispute with Costa Rica. The USS Pennsylvania received bomb damage
at Pearl harbor and spent 3 months under repair, during this time she was
used as a training ship. Until October 1942 when she was refitted at
mare Island Navy Yard. Where her secondary armament was modernized,. In
may 1943 USS Pennsylvania took par tin the Pacific island landing.
On the 12th August 1945, at wake Island she was hit by an aerial torpedo
and was close to sinking. She was towed back the US, for repairs.
After the war she was selected as a target ship for the atomic tests at
bikini Atoll, and was slightly damaged in the atomic explosions. she
continued in use as a target ship until finally being sunk by conventional
aerial bombing on the 10th of February 1948
Displacement:
31,400 tons normal, and 32,560 tons full load.
Compliment: 915, Spped 21 knots, Range 8,000 nautical miles at 10
knots. Armament: Twelve 14 - inch Guns in four turrets.
Twenty two 5 - inch guns and Four 3 inch guns two
21-inch Torpedo Tubes submerged.
Information
after refit. Displacement:
33,125 tons standard 36,500 tons full load. Compliment:
1,400 speed: 21 knots, Range 19,000 nautical miles at 10
knots, Armament: Twelve 14 - inch guns, Twelve 5 - inch
guns (these five inch guns were removed in 1943) and Eight 5 -
inch AA guns Right 1,1 inch AA (after 1943,
Sixteen 5 - inch, 38 calibre. )
