USS Washington (BB-47)
The USS Washington (BB-47) was an unfinished battleship of Colorado class of US Navy and became American US after the State of Washington named.
Your keel was laid on June 30, 1919 in Camden ( New Jersey ) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation . It was launched on September 1, 1921 . Godmother was Miss Jean Summers, daughter of Congressman John W. Summers , who represented Washington State.
Due to the arms limitation of the Washington Fleet Agreement , the Washington was no longer allowed to be finished and work on the ship, which was already 75.9% finished, had to be stopped.
In order to gain knowledge for a possible improvement of their three sister ships, the unfinished ship's torso was used as a target for weapon tests. It sank due to a fire on November 26, 1924 .
Sister ships
Technical specifications
- Displacement: 33,100 t
- Length: 190 m
- Width: 29.7 m
- Draft: 9.3 m
- Speed: 21 knots (39 km / h)
- Crew: 1354
- Armament: 8 × 16-in (406-mm) cannons, 20 × 5-in (127-mm) cannons, 8 × 75-mm (3-in) flak
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