BB-43

E49231

Tennessee-class battleship battleship battleship class hull classification symbol

BB-43 is the hull classification symbol for USS Tennessee, a Tennessee-class battleship of the United States Navy that served prominently during World War II.

Aliases (2)

USS Tennessee ×42
Tennessee class ×4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tennessee-class battleship → battleship → battleship class → hull classification symbol →
armament	12 × 14-inch/50 caliber guns → 5-inch guns → anti-aircraft guns → torpedo blisters (defensive modification) →
builder	New York Naval Shipyard →
callSign	Navy hull number BB-43 →
class	Tennessee class →
commissioned	1920-06-03 →
country	United States →
crewComplement	approximately 1,000–1,500 officers and enlisted →
damagedIn	Attack on Pearl Harbor →
decommissioned	1947-02-14 →
denotes	USS Tennessee →
displacement	approximately 32,300 long tons standard →
fate	sold for scrap →
flagshipOf	various U.S. Navy formations in the Pacific →
followedBy	Colorado class →
homeport	Pacific Fleet →
hullNumber	BB-43 →
laidDown	1917-05-14 →
launched	1919-04-30 →
length	624 feet →
locationDuringEvent	Pearl Harbor on 1941-12-07 →
modernized	1930s extensive reconstruction →
namedAfter	U.S. state of Tennessee →
operator	United States Navy → United States Navy →
participatedIn	Aleutian Islands campaign → Attack on Pearl Harbor → Battle of Leyte Gulf NERFINISHED → Battle of Surigao Strait → Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → Invasion of Iwo Jima → Invasion of Okinawa → Mariana and Palau Islands campaign →
precededBy	New Mexico class →
propulsion	steam turbines →
receivedAward	Navy Unit Commendation → battle stars for World War II service →
scrapped	1959 →
servedInConflict	World War I era (peacetime service) → World War II →
stricken	1959-03-01 →
type	standard-type battleship →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
USS Tennessee → USS Tennessee (BB-43) →	hullNumber