BB-33

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BB-33 is the hull classification symbol for USS Arkansas, a Wyoming-class battleship that served in the U.S. Navy during both World Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wyoming-class battleship
battleship
hull classification symbol
armamentMain 12 × 12-inch/50 caliber guns
armamentSecondary 5-inch guns
anti-aircraft guns
beam about 93 feet
class Wyoming class
commissionedOn 1912-09-17
convertedTo all oil-fired boilers (interwar period)
country United States of America
crewComplementWWI about 1,063 officers and enlisted
crewComplementWWII about 1,500 officers and enlisted
decommissionedOn 1946-07-29
displacementFullLoad about 27,000 long tons
displacementStandard about 26,000 long tons
fate sunk as target in nuclear tests
followedBy New York-class battleship
hullNumber BB-33 self-linksurface differs
laidDownAt Camden
surface form: Camden, New Jersey

New York Shipbuilding Corporation
laidDownOn 1910-01-25
launchedOn 1911-01-14
length about 562 feet
namedAfter Arkansas
surface form: U.S. state of Arkansas
notableFeature one of the last U.S. Navy coal-burning battleships at commissioning
operator United States Navy
participatedInOperation Battle of Iwo Jima
surface form: Iwo Jima campaign

Battle of Normandy
surface form: Normandy landings

North Sea minefields
surface form: North Sea Mine Barrage clearance

Battle of Okinawa
surface form: Okinawa campaign

Operation Dragoon
Operation Neptune
precededBy Florida-class battleship
propulsion coal-fired boilers (later oil-fired)
steam turbines
refersTo USS Arkansas
roleAtIwoJima shore bombardment
roleAtNormandy naval gunfire support
roleAtOkinawa shore bombardment
scrappingStatus not scrapped; sunk in tests
servedInConflict World War I
World War II
serviceEntryYear 1912
sponsor Nancy Louise Macon
sunkAt Bikini Atoll
sunkDuring Operation Crossroads
topSpeed about 20.5 knots

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USS Arkansas hullNumber BB-33
BB-33 hullNumber BB-33 self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: USS Arkansas