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BB-56 Washington
United States Navy battleship
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| North | 1938/06/14 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | 1940/06/01 | 1941/05/15 | 1961/05/24
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| Camouflage: 41/05-42: Ms 1, 42-42/06?: Ms 12/Mod, 42/06-45: Ms 22> | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/08/28 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 42/08/28 | 42/09/14 | sail from Panama to Tongatabu (escort=Meade,) | 66 | ||
| 42/09/14 | 12.2/BatDiv6 | Tongatabu | 66 | ||
| 42/09/24 | 42/10/15 | 17 | 66 | ||
| 42/10/09 | Noumea | ||||
| 42/10/15 | 42/10/29 | 64/FF | xSCruz -off San Cristobal | ||
| 42/10/27 | 64/FF | xSCruz attacked by I-15 off San Cristobal | |||
| 42/11/11 | 42/11/15 | 64/BatDiv6/FF | xGuadal | 81 | |
| 43/01/02 | 43/01/10 | 64 | cover TG 62.2 transports reinforcing Guadalcanal | 112 | |
| 43/01/28 | 43/02/12 | 64 | xRennel | 112 | |
| 43/02/12 | Noumea | 81 | |||
| 43/04/30 | 43/05/08 | sail from Noumea to Efate (05/01) > P.H. | 66 81 | ||
| 43/05/08 | 43/05/28 | 60 | battle practice off P.H. | 66 | |
| 43/05/28 | P.H. - overhaul | 66 | |||
| 43/06/29 | 43/07 | Cartwh | 36.3 | ||
| 43/07/27 | 43/08/06 | 56.14 | escort -convoy P.H. > South Pacific | 66 | |
| 43/08/07 | 43/10/30 | Efate | 66 | ||
| 43/08/31 | 43/09/04 | 38 | tactical exercises with TF 37 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo | 88 | |
| 43/10/07 | 43/10/10 | 37/38/39 probably 37 | fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo | 88 | |
| 43/10/30 | 43/11/07 | 53.2 | 66 | ||
| 43/11/11 | Vitu Levu (Fiji) - sail to join TF 50 | 66 | |||
| 43/11/16 | 43/12/09 | Galvan | 50.1 | ||
| 43/11/25 | Galvan | 50.4 | 66 | ||
| 43/12/06 | 43/12/08 | Galvan | 50.8/GF | shell Nauru | 66 |
| 43/12/12 | Efate | 66 | |||
| 43/12/25 | 44/01/23 | 37.2 | raid Kavieng | 66 | |
| 44/01/23 | 44/02/01 | Flint | 58.1.3/UF | 66 | |
| 44/02/01 | Flint | 58.1.3/UF | damage(collision with Indiana) (07-50.2 N, 167-28.5E) | 66 112 | |
| 44/02/01 | 44/05/30 | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/02/02 | 44/02/11 | Majuro - emergency repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/02/11 | Majuro - sail to P.H. | 66 | |||
| 44/02? | 44/05 | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard - repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/05/05 | 44/05/10 | sail from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/05/30 | Majuro | 66 | |||
| 44/06 | 44/05/13 | BatDiv4 | sail Port Townsend > P.H. | 66 | |
| 44/06/06 | 44/06/24 | Forage | 58.7/BaDiv6/GF | 86 | |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.7/BaDiv6/GF | xPhilip | 86 | |
| 44/07/25 | 44/08/02 | 58.7 | |||
| 44/08/02 | Forage | 58.4 | 81 | ||
| 44/08/11 | 44/08/18 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/26 | 44/10/23 | King2 | 38.3 | ||
| 44/10/23 | 44/11/27 | King2 | 38.4 | ||
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/12/01 | 44/12/24 | Love3 | 38 | land Mindoro | 66 |
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/25 | Mike1 | 38 | ||
| 45/02/05 | 45/03/19 | Detach | 58.4 | ||
| 45/02/18 | Detach | 58.4 | damaged in collison with Hailey off Iwojima | 85 | |
| 45/02/19 | 54 | temporarily attached | 66 | ||
| 45/03/03 | 45/03/05 | Detach | 59 | detached from TF 58 for exercises | 112 |
| 45/03/14 | 45/04/08 | Iceber | 58.3 | 86 | |
| 45/03/24 | 45/03/24 | Iceber | 58.7 | shell Okinawa | 66 |
| 45/04/08 | 45/04/16 | Iceber | 58.2 | 86 | |
| 45/04/16? | 45/06/01 | Iceber | 58.3? | 66 | |
| 45/04/19 | 45/04/19 | Iceber | 58.7 | shell Okinawa | 66 |
| 45/06/? | 45/10 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/06/01 | 45/06/06 | San Pedro Bay (Leyte) | 66 | ||
| 45/06/06 | San Pedro Bay (Leyte) - sail to Guam>P.H.>Puget Sound | 66 | |||