USS Maryland (BB 46)

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Ship's Data
Where applicable, data is that of the modernized/reconstructed version and not that of the original as-built configuration.

Class:
Nickname:
Authorized:
Keel Laid:
Launched:
Commissioned:
Main Battery:
Secondary Battery:
Design Displacement:
Full Load Displacement:
Overall Length:
Waterline Length:
Draft:
Beam:
Design Speed:
Decommissioned:
WWII Battle Stars:
Final Fate:

Colorado
Old Mary, Fighting Mary
29 August 1916
24 April 1917
20 March 1920
21 July 1921
Eight 16in/45cal Mk.5/8 (4 x 2)
Sixteen 5in/38cal (8 x 2)
33,590 tons
39,400 tons
624 ft 6 in
600 ft
33 ft
108 ft
21 knots
3 April 1947
Seven
Sold for scrap to Learner Corp. (8 July 1959)

Camouflage
All the dates given may not be exact as to the month of repainting.
For more information about the different camouflage measures refer to the Camouflage page.

1941 - February 1942
February 1942 - ?
1943 (late) - February 1945
Feb 1945 - ?

Measure 1
Measure 21?
Measure 32/xx?
Measure 21

Battle Stars
These are the locations and dates of the operations that earned a battle star.

	1. Pearl Harbor/Midway		December 1941
	2. Gilbert Islands Operation		November - December 1943
	3. Marshall Islands Operation		January - February 1944
	4. Marianas Operation		June - August 1944
	5. Western Caroline Islands Operation		September - October 1944
	6. Leyte Operation		October - November 1944
	7. Okinawa-Gunto Operation		March - June 1945

Photos
These photos are arranged in chronological order and are believed to be all declassified official USN photos (unless otherwise noted.)
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	A Japanese photo of Battleship Row during the initial Pearl Harbor attack. Ships are (l-r) Nevada, repair ship Vestal, Arizona, West Virginia, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Maryland.	7 December 1941
	Another Japanese photo of Battleship Row during the initial Pearl Harbor attack. Oklahoma (moored outboard) and Maryland are the first pair of battleships on the right.	7 December 1941
	After the attack. Oklahoma which lies capsized in the foreground.	8 December 1941
	At Puget Sound following minor repairs and refit folowing Pearl Harbor. Unlike her sister Colorado she already has shields on her 5in/25cal guns.	9 February 1942
	At New Hebrides	1943
	Main battery bombarding Tarawa. Rear Admiral Hill and his staff are seen observing the results from the port bridge.	20 November 1943
	Underway wearing measure 32 camouflage.	1944
	Underway.	March 1944
	In Puget Sound followin refit.	25 April 1944
	Post-overhaul cruise off Puget Sound Navy Yard.	26 April 1944
	Operating off Saipan in the company of cruisers (and a low flying seaplane.)	12 June 1944
	Entering drydock at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for torpedo (aerial) damage repair and the replacement of her bow. (Provided by Mike Green)	10 July 1944
	Laying smoke from the bow and stern off Leyte.	24 October 1944
	A kamikaze explodes as it finds its target between the two forward main turrets.	29 November 1944
	5in/25cal gun and crew in action.	1944/1945
	As above.	1944/1945
	Forward main battery firing.	1945
	Another kamikaze hit off Okinawa.	7 April 1945
	Bombarding Okinawa.	3 May 1945
	Off Puget Sound Navy Yard after her final wartime overhaul.	5 August 1945
	As above.	5 August 1945