U.S.S. Maryland (1920)

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U.S.S. Maryland (1920)
Hull Number: BB-46
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1]
Laid down: 24 Apr, 1917[2]
Launched: 20 Feb, 1920[3]
Commissioned: 21 Jul, 1921[4]
Decommissioned: 3 Apr, 1947[5]
Stricken: 1 Mar, 1959[6]
Sold: 8 Jul, 1959[7]
U.S.S. Maryland was one of five Colorado class dreadnoughts completed for the U.S. Navy.

She was commissioned on 21 July 1921, with Captain Charles F. Preston in command.

Service

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See Also

Footnotes

  1. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  2. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  3. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  4. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  5. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  6. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  7. Friedman. U.S. Battleships. p. 420.
  8. Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 12-13.
  9. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 12-13.
  10. Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 12-13.

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