file created: 12/07/02 00:58:28 , last update: 07/25/02
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BB-38 Pennsylvania
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
1913/10/27
Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News
1915/03/16 1916/06/12 1948/02/10
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42/01: Ms 1, 42/0?-44: Ms 21, 44: Ms 31a/6b, 45: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/Bat/BatDiv1 damage(bomb-1) P.H. - Drydock1, 15 KIA, 14 MIA, 38 WIA   66  114 
41/12/20 41/12/29     sail P.H. > Puget Sound (with Tennessee, Maryland escorted by Case + other DDs)   66  81 
41/12/29 42/03/30     MINY - repairs   66 
42/04/14 42/08/01   1 off West Coast   66 
42/08/01 42/08/14     sail San Francisco > P.H.   66 
42/08/14 42/09/28     P.H. area - gunnery exercises, carrier TF guard tactics   66 
42/09/28 42/10/04     sail with Idaho from P.H. to San Francisco (escort: Worden, Dewey+2 DD)   66 
42/10/04 43/02/05     MINY - overhaul -tripod mainmast removed, new radars added, 5''/25 replaced by 5''/38, AA guns added   66 
43/02/05 43/04/23     California coast - refresher training and air defense patrol   66 
43/03/17 43/03/27     practice landing at San Clemente Is to prepare Attu landing   85 
43/04/23 43/05/01     sail from San Diego to Cold Bay, Alaska   85 
43/05 43/05/19 Landcr 51.1/FF land Attu   85  81 
43/05/11   Landcr 51.1/FF land Attu: attacked(I-31)   85  81 
43/05/15   Landcr 51.1/FF land Attu: attacked(I-35)   85  81 
43/05/19 43/05/28     Attu - sail to Adak > Bremerton   66 
43/05/28 43/08/01     PSNY - rebuilt - additional radars, repairs   66 
43/08/01 43/08/06?     sail from Bremerton to Adak   81 
43/08/07 43/08/     Adak   66 
43/08/10 43/08/23 Cotta 16.17/ComGrp/FF     66  85 
43/08/26 43/09/01     sail Adak > P.H.   66 
43/09/19 43/09/25     carry 790 men from P.H. to San Francisco   66 
43/09/30 43/10/06     sail from San Francisco to P.H. escorted by Brown and Lawrence   81 
43/10/06 43/11/10     P.H.   66  81 
43/11/10 43/11/30 Galvan 52.2.1/FF,GF     66 
43/11/30 43/12/1?     sail from Makin to P.H.   81 
43/12/1? 44/01/22     P.H.   88  81 
44/01/31 44/02/12 Flint 52.8.2    
44/02/12 44/03/01 Catch 51.17    
44/03/01       Majuro   81 
44/03/05? 44/04/23?     Havannah Harbor, Efate, New Hebrides Islands   66 
44/04/23 44/04/29     sail from Efate to Sydney (with New Mexico, Idaho)   81 
44/04/29 44/05/0?     Sydney   66 
44/05/10 44/06/02     Efate - training   66 
44/05/13? 44/05/26?     Port Purvis, Florida Islands - bombardment and amphibious exercises   66 
44/05/27 44/06/02     Havannah Harbor, Efate, New Hebrides Is - replenishment of ammunition   66 
44/06/10 44/06/25 Forage 52.10/FSU6     66 
44/06/10   Forage 52.10/FSU6 damaged in collision with APD Talbot  
44/06/25 44/06/28     sail from Saipan to Eniwetok   81 
44/06/28 44/07/09     Eniwetok   81 
44/07/12 44/08/03 Steve 53.5 Guam landing   66 
44/08/03 44/08/06?     sail from Guam to Eniwetok   66 
44/08/06? 44/08/2?     Eniwetok   81 
44/08/2? 44/09/0?     sail from Eniwetok to New Hebrides > Port Purvis, Florida Is  
44/09/06 44/09/25 Stale2 32.5     66 
44/09/25 44/10/01     sail Palaus > Manus Is for emergency repairs   66 
44/10/01 44/10/08     Manus Is - floating drydock - emergancy repairs   66 
44/10/12 44/11/25 King2 79/BatDiv2     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 BatFor/BatDiv2 xSuriga   86 
44/11 44/11/25 King2 77    
44/11/25 44/12/0?     sail from Leyte Gulf to Manus   81 
44/12/0? 44/12/1?     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   81 
44/12/1? 45/01/01     Kossol Passage   81 
44/12/30 45/02/10 Mike1 77.2.2     66 
45/01/10       damaged in collision with Clemson in Lingayen Gulf (16-20N, 120-10E)   85 
45/02/10 45/02/2?     sail from Lingayen Gulf to Manus   66 
45/02/22 45/03/13     sail Manus > Majuro > P.H. > San Francisco   66  81 
45/03/13 45/06     HPNY - overhaul, turrets regunned, AA guns added   66 
45/06/? 45/07/12     refresher training off San Francisco, San Diego   66 
45/07/12 45/07/18     sail San Francisco > P.H.   66 
45/07/18 45/07/24     P.H.   66 
45/07/24 45/08/2?     sail P.H. > Okinawa   66 
45/08/01 45/08/12   12.3 shell Wake  
45/08/01     12.3 damaged by shore battery (19-20N, 166-30E)   85 
45/08/12       damaged by aerial torpedo at Buckner Bay, Okinawa (26-14N, 127-50E)   66  85 
45/08/18 45/09/06     sail Buckner Bay, Okinawa > Apra Harbor, Guam for repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars, NUC
Notice: nicknames "Mighty Penn", "Pennsy", "Old Falling Apart"