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    What was the first American battleship commissioned for World War II?

    Question #48740. Asked by summerrain757.

    deltajojo

    North Carolina

    USS North Carolina (BB-55) was built, by the New York Naval Shipyard and was launched on June 13, 1940. When commissioned on April 9, 1941, she was considered the most powerful warship afloat in any navy. Since USS North Carolina was the first modern American battleship constructed in two decades she was built using the latest in shipbuilding technology. Constrained to 35,000 tons standard displacement by the Washington and London Naval Treaties, to a beam of less than 110 feet by the locks of the Panama Canal, and to 38-foot draft to enable the ship to use as many anchorages and navy yards as possible, she was a challenge to the designers of day.
    http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/butowsky1/northcarolina.htm


    [Edited to add supporting reference - McG]

    Jun 25 04, 9:21 PM

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