BB-36

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BB-36 is the hull classification symbol for USS Nevada, a U.S. Navy battleship notable for its service during both World Wars and survival of the Pearl Harbor attack.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy ship
battleship
hull classification symbol
actionDuringPearlHarborAttack attempted to sortie from harbor under attack
armamentPrimary 10 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns
armamentSecondary 5-inch guns
armorBelt up to 13.5 inches
attackedAt Pearl Harbor
beam 95 feet
commissionedOn 1916-03-11
country United States of America
crewComplementWorldWarII approximately 2200 officers and enlisted
damagedBy Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor
dateOfPearlHarborAttack 1941-12-07
decommissionedOn 1946-08-29
displacementFullLoad 29500 long tons
displacementStandard 27500 long tons
draft 28.5 feet
fate used as target ship and sunk
finalSinkingMethod gunfire and aerial torpedoes by U.S. forces
groundedAt Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor
hullNumber BB-36
laidDownAt Fore River Shipbuilding Company
laidDownIn Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
laidDownOn 1912-11-04
launchedOn 1914-07-11
lengthOverall 583 feet
locationDuringPearlHarborAttack Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
maximumSpeed 20.5 knots
namesake U.S. state of Nevada
notableFor surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor
operator United States Navy
participatedInBattle Invasion of Normandy
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
participatedInOperation Normandy landings
Operation Dragoon
participatedInTest Operation Crossroads
propulsion oil-fired boilers and steam turbines
refersTo USS Nevada
refloatedOn 1942-02-12
repairedAt Puget Sound Navy Yard
roleInWorldWarI convoy escort duty in Atlantic
serviceInConflict World War I
World War II
shipClass Nevada-class battleship
sponsoredBy Eleanor Anne Seibert
strickenFromNavalRegisterOn 1946-08-12
sunkOn 1948-07-31
survivedEvent Operation Crossroads nuclear tests
testLocation Bikini Atoll
usedAs atomic bomb target ship

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
USS Nevada
USS Nevada (BB-36)
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