USS Nevada (BB-36)

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Nevada-class battleship United States Navy ship battleship

USS Nevada (BB-36) was a United States Navy battleship notable for its World War I and World War II service, including being the only battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later supporting major Allied amphibious operations in Europe and the Pacific.

Aliases (2)

USS Nevada ×3
Nevada class ×2

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nevada-class battleship → United States Navy ship → battleship →
armamentMain	10 × 14-inch/45 caliber guns →
armamentSecondary	5-inch guns →
armorBelt	13.5 inches →
armorDeck	up to 3.5 inches →
awarded	American Defense Service Medal → Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal → European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal → World War II Victory Medal →
battleHonors	World War II battle stars →
beachedAt	Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor →
beam	95 feet 2 inches →
builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company → Massachusetts →
class	lead ship of Nevada class →
commissioned	1916-03-11 →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
country	United States of America →
crewComplement	approximately 860 (peacetime) → over 1,400 (wartime) →
damagedIn	attack on Pearl Harbor →
dateAtEvent_attack on Pearl Harbor	1941-12-07 →
decommissioned	1946-08-29 →
designInnovation	first U.S. battleship designed to burn oil instead of coal → first U.S. battleship with all-or-nothing armor scheme →
displacementFullLoad	29500 long tons →
displacementStandard	27500 long tons →
draft	28 feet 6 inches →
event	attack on Pearl Harbor →
fate	sunk as target →
finalSinkingMethod	gunfire and aerial torpedoes by U.S. forces →
homePort	Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) →
hullNumber	BB-36 →
laidDown	1912-11-04 →
launched	1914-07-11 →
length	583 feet →
locationDuring_attack on Pearl Harbor	Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii →
locationDuring_Operation Crossroads	Bikini Atoll →
modernized	1927–1930 →
namedAfter	U.S. state of Nevada →
notableFact	only U.S. battleship to get underway during the attack on Pearl Harbor →
operator	United States Navy →
paintScheme_Operation Crossroads	bright orange →
precededByClass	New York-class battleship →
propulsion	oil-fired boilers → steam turbines → triple-expansion engines (original mixed machinery) →
repairedAt	Puget Sound Navy Yard →
role	convoy escort in World War I → fleet flagship at various times →
speed	20.5 knots →
sponsor	Eleanor Anne Seibert →
succeededByClass	Pennsylvania-class battleship →
sunkDate	1948-07-31 →
survived	atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll →
tookPartIn	Invasion of Southern France → Iwo Jima campaign → Normandy landings → Okinawa campaign → Operation Crossroads → Operation Dragoon → Operation Neptune →
usedAs	target ship for atomic tests →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) ("USS Nevada") →	associatedWithShip
attack on Pearl Harbor →	battleshipsDamaged
Nevada-class battleship →	hasPart
Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor →	hasShipMooring
Operation Crossroads ("USS Nevada") →	includedShip
Nevada-class battleship →	notableShip
BB-39 ("Nevada class") →	predecessorClass
BB-36 ("USS Nevada") →	refersTo
Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor →	relatedVessel
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) ("Nevada class") →	shipClass
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) →	sisterShip