file created: 12/07/02 00:54:18 , last update: 07/25/02
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BB-46 Maryland
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Maryland 1917/04/24
Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News
1920/03/20 1921/07/21 1959/07/08
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42/02: Ms 1, 42/02-43/??: Ms 21, 43/??-45/02: Ms 32/??, 45/02-?: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/Bat/BatDiv4 disable(planes - 2 bombs) P.H.   114 
41/12/20 41/12/30     sail P.H. > Puget Sound (with Tennessee, Pennsylvania escorted by Case + other DDs)   66  81 
41/12/30 42/02/26     Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - repairs, rebuild   66 
42/06 42/08/01     patro: off Oahu   66 
42/11 43/02     patrols from Fiji Is   66 
43/02 43/09     patrols from New Hebrides   66 
43/03/10 43/03/15     Efate   81 
43/03/30 43/04/07     Efate   88 
43/04/14 43/05/06     Efate   88 
43/05/08 43/05/21     Efate   88 
43/05/28 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/07/17       departed Efate   88 
43/08/02 43/08/04   36.3 tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/08/18   37/FF Esp. Santo   88  69 
43/08/19 43/08/20     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/20 43/08/21     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/21 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/02?   37 tactical exercises with TF 38 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11 43/12/08 Galvan 53.4.2/FF    
43/12/08 43/12/14     sail to P.H. escorted by Aylwin and Bailey   66 
43/12/14 43/12/20     sail from P.H. to San Francisco with Tennessee and Colorado   66 
44/01/13       sail from San Pedro, California to P.H.   66 
44/01/22 44/02/07 Flint 53.5/FF (FF from 02/05)   25  66 
44/02/15 44/02/28 Catch 51.17    
44/03/04 44/05     Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - overhaul, guns replacement   66 
44/05/05 44/05/10     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/05/29 44/06/23 Forage 52.17/FSU4    
44/06/2? 44/07/1?     sail from Eniwetok to P.H.   88 
44/06/22   Forage 52.17/FSU4 damage(torpedo from G4M) off Garapan, Saipan (15-13N, 145-39E) - sail to Eniwetok > P.H.   66  85 
44/06/22 44/06/27     sail from Saipan to Eniwetok   88 
44/07/16 44/08/19     PHNY - repairs   66 
44/08/24 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09   Stale2 32.5     66 
44/10/10 44/10/29 King2 78/BatDiv4     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 BatFor/BatDiv4 xSuriga  
44/10/29       departed for Ulithi   66 
44/11 44/11/15?     Manus - replenish, resupply   66 
44/11/17 44/12/02 King2 77.2    
44/11/29     77.2 diable(kami: ) at Leyte Gulf (10-41N, 125-23E) - 31 KIA   85 
44/12/02 44/12/18     sail Leyte > P.H.   66 
44/12/18 45/02     Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - repairs   66 
45/03/?? 45/04/07 Iceber 51.19     66 
45/03/04 45/03/16     sail P.H. > Ulithi   66 
45/03/17 45/04/14 Iceber 54.1/FSU1    
45/03/17 45/04/14 Iceber 54.5    
45/04/07   Iceber 54.1 disable(kami: D4Y1+Ki-43) 18 nm NW of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-40N, 127-29E) - 16 KIA, 37 WIA   86  85 
45/04/14       disjoined for repairs escorting transports > Marianas > P.H. > Puget S   66 
45/05/07 45/08     PSNY - repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
Notice: nickname "Old Mary", "Fighting Mary"