file created: 12/07/02 01:05:22 , last update: 07/25/02
[BACK TO SHIPS INDEX]

BB-43 Tennessee
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tennessee 1917/05/14
New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1919/04/30 1920/06/03 1959/07/10
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42/05?: Ms 1, 42/05-42/09: Ms 11, 42/09-43/12: Ms 21, 43/12-45/02: Ms 32/1d, 45/02-?: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/Bat/BatDiv2 disable(planes) P.H./BattRow/F-6   114 
41/12/08 41/12/20     P.H. - temporary repairs   66 
41/12/20 41/12/29     sail P.H. > Puget Sound (with Maryland, Pennsylvania escorted by Case + other DDs)   66  81 
41/12/29 42/02/26     PSNY - repairs   66 
42/03 42/08/14   1 patro: off West Coast  
42/08/14 42/08/27     P.H.   66 
42/09 43/05/07     PSNY - rebuild  
43/05/07 43/05/22     trials off Puget Sound   66 
43/05/23 43/05/31     San Pedro, California   66 
43/05/31 43/06/09     sail San Pedro > Adak, Alaska   66 
43/06/09 43/08/20?   16 Aleutians   66 
43/06/11 43/06/22   16.17 patrol off Aleutians   66 
43/07/04 43/07/13   16.17 patrol from Adak to Dutch Harbor   66 
43/08/02     16.17/GF shell Kiska   85 
43/08/10   Cotta 16.17/GF     85 
43/08/31       San Francisco   66 
43/11/10 43/12/03 Galvan 53.4.1     66 
43/12/03 43/12/11     escort -convoy Gilberts > P.H.   66 
43/12/11 43/12/16     P.H.   66 
43/12/14 43/12/20     sail from P.H. to San Francisco with Maryland and Colorado   66 
43/12/16 43/12/20     sail P.H. > San Francisco   66 
43/12/20 43/12/29     San Francisco - repainted in Ms 32   66 
43/12/29 44/01/13     practice off San Francisco   66 
44/01/13 44/01/21   58.5.1 sail San Francisco > P.H.   66 
44/01/29 44/02/07 Flint 53.5     66 
44/02/15 44/02/28 Catch 51.17    
44/03/12 44/04   36 land Emirau   70 
44/03/20     36 land Emirau: shell Kavieng   70 
44/04/09 44/04/16     sail Efate > P.H.   66 
44/04/16 44/05     P.H.   66  125 
44/05/29 44/06/22 Forage 52.17/FSU1    
44/06/14   Forage 52.17/FSU1 damaged by near-misses from shore batteries off Tinian   85 
44/06/15   Forage 52.17/FSU1 damage(shore batteries) NE of Tinian (15-02N, 143-50E)   66  85 
44/06/22 44/06/25     sail to Eniwetok for repairs   66  88 
44/06/25 44/07/16     Eniwetok - repairs (AR Hector)   66 
44/07/16 44/07/19     sail from Eniwetok to Guam to join 53.5   66 
44/07/19 44/08/08 Forage 53.5    
44/08/08 44/08/24     sail to Guam > Eniwetok > Esp Santo   66 
44/08/12 44/08/18     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/23       damagied in collision with California off Esp. Santo   85  127 
44/09/02 44/09/06     Purvis Bay, Tulagi   66 
44/09/06 44/09/28 Stale2 32.5     66 
44/10/10 44/10/29 King2 79/BatDiv2     86 
44/10/21   King2 79/BatDiv2 damaged in collision with AP-168 Warhawk (10-57N, 125-02E)   85 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 BatFor/BatDiv2 xSuriga   86 
44/10/29 44/11/05     sail Leyte > Ulithi   66 
44/11/05 44/11/16   12.6.1 sail Ulithi > P.H.   66 
44/11/16 44/11/26     sail P.H. > Bremerton > Puget Sound   66 
44/11/26 45/02/02     PSNY - overhaul, refit   66 
45/02/02       sail Puget Sound > P.H. > Saipan   66 
45/02/16 45/03/07 Detach 54     66 
45/02/17   Detach 54 damaged by coastal battery from Iwojima (24-44N, 141-19E)   85 
45/03/05 45/05/01 Iceber 54.1/FSU3/FF     66 
45/03/05 45/05/01 Iceber 54.5/FF     66 
45/04/01   Iceber 54.5/FF damged by shell fragments off Okinawa   85 
45/04/11   Iceber 54.1/FF damage(kami)   66 
45/04/12   Iceber 54.1/FF damage(kami) 15 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 128-00E) - 25 KIA, 104 WIA   66  86  85
45/05/01 45/05/07?     sail Okinawa > Ulithi   66 
45/05/04? 45/06/03     Ulithi - repairs (AR-6 Ajax)   66 
45/06/03 45/06/09     sail Ulithi > Okinawa   66 
45/06/09   Iceber 34     66 
45/07/16 45/07/28   95 raid -Jang C Tiang  
45/08/01 45/08/12   95.1 shell Wake  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 10 Battle Stars, NUC
Notice: nicknames "Big T", "Tenny (Maru)", "The Rebel (Ship)"