Battleships and Monitors (BB, BM)
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Most recent update: 2020-10-27.
| Type | # | Name | Shipbuilder | Hull# | LDT | LOA | FY | Contract Award | Keel Laid | Launched | Delivered | C to D | K to L | L to D | K to D | Disposition |
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| Monitors (BM) | ||||||||||||||||
| BM | 1 | Puritan | John Roach & Sons | 160 | 6,060 | 296 | 1873 | 23-Jun-1874 | 6-Dec-1882 | 10-Dec-1896 | Scrapped 1922 | |||||
| BM | 2 | Amphitrite | Harlan & Hollingsworth | 253 | 3,990 | 262 | 1874 | 1874 | 7-Jun-1883 | 23-Apr-1895 | Sold 1920 as flotel, scrapped 1952 | |||||
| BM | 3 | Monadnock | Continental Iron Works | 3,990 | 262 | 1874 | 15-Jan-1875 | 19-Sep-1883 | 20-Feb-1896 | Scrapped 1923 | ||||||
| BM | 4 | Terror | Cramp Shipbuilding | 195 | 3,990 | 262 | 1874 | 1874 | 24-Mar-1883 | 15-Apr-1896 | Sold 1921 but sank, raised and scrapped 1930 | |||||
| BM | 5 | Miantonomoh | John Roach & Sons | 157 | 3,990 | 262 | 1874 | 1874 | 5-Dec-1876 | 27-Oct-1891 | Scrapped 1922 | |||||
| BM | 6 | Monterey | Union Iron Works | 15 | 4,084 | 261 | 1888 | 20-Dec-1889 | 28-Apr-1891 | 13-Feb-1893 | 494 | 657 | 1151 | Scrapped 1922 | ||
| BM | 7 | Arkansas | Newport News Sbldg. | 26 | 3,225 | 225 | 1899 | 14-Nov-1899 | 10-Nov-1900 | 28-Oct-1902 | 362 | 717 | 1079 | Ozark 1909, scrapped 1922 | ||
| BM | 8 | Nevada | Bath Iron Works | 31 | 3,225 | 225 | 1899 | 17-Apr-1899 | 24-Nov-1900 | 5-Mar-1903 | 587 | 831 | 1418 | Tonopah 1909, scrapped 1922 | ||
| BM | 9 | Florida | Crescent Shipyard | 68 | 3,225 | 225 | 1899 | 23-Jan-1899 | 30-Nov-1901 | 18-Jun-1903 | 1042 | 565 | 1607 | Tallahassee 1909, scrapped 1922 | ||
| BM | 10 | Wyoming | Union Iron Works | 62 | 3,225 | 225 | 1899 | 11-Apr-1899 | 8-Sep-1900 | 8-Dec-1902 | 516 | 821 | 1337 | Cheyenne 1909, scrapped 1939 | ||
| Battleships (BB) | ||||||||||||||||
| BB | Texas | Norfolk NSY | 6,315 | 309 | 1886 | 3-Aug-1886 | 1-Jun-1889 | 28-Jan-1892 | 15-Aug-1895 | 3297 | 1072 | 1263 | 2335 | Sunk as target 1911 | ||
| BB | Maine | New York NSY | 6,682 | 324 | 1886 | 3-Aug-1886 | 17-Oct-1888 | 18-Nov-1890 | 17-Sep-1895 | 3330 | 762 | 1763 | 2525 | Destroyed in Havana harbor 1898, wreck scuttled 1912 | ||
| BB | 1 | Indiana | Cramp Shipbuilding | 270 | 10,288 | 351 | 1891 | 19-Nov-1890 | 7-May-1891 | 28-Feb-1893 | 19-Nov-1895 | 1826 | 663 | 994 | 1657 | Sunk as target off Tangier I. MD 1920, hulk scrapped |
| BB | 2 | Massachusetts | Cramp Shipbuilding | 271 | 10,288 | 351 | 1891 | 18-Nov-1890 | 25-Jun-1891 | 10-Jun-1893 | 29-May-1896 | 2019 | 716 | 1084 | 1800 | Sunk as target off Pensacola FL 1921, hulk visible at low tide |
| BB | 3 | Oregon | Union Iron Works | 18 | 10,288 | 351 | 1891 | 19-Nov-1890 | 19-Nov-1891 | 26-Oct-1893 | 26-Jun-1896 | 2046 | 707 | 974 | 1681 | To Oregon as memorial 1925, IX 22 1943, scrapped 1956 |
| BB | 4 | Iowa | Cramp Shipbuilding | 276 | 11,410 | 362 | 1893 | 11-Feb-1893 | 5-Aug-1893 | 28-Mar-1896 | 15-Jun-1897 | 1585 | 966 | 444 | 1410 | Sunk as target in the Gulf of Panama 1923 |
| BB | 5 | Kearsarge | Newport News Sbldg. | 18 | 11,525 | 375 | 1896 | 2-Jan-1896 | 30-Jun-1896 | 24-Mar-1898 | 20-Feb-1900 | 1510 | 632 | 698 | 1330 | Later AB 1, scrapped 1955 |
| BB | 6 | Kentucky | Newport News Sbldg. | 19 | 11,525 | 375 | 1896 | 2-Jan-1896 | 30-Jun-1896 | 24-Mar-1898 | 30-Dec-1899 | 1458 | 632 | 646 | 1278 | Scrapped 1923 |
| BB | 7 | Illinois | Newport News Sbldg. | 21 | 11,565 | 375 | 1897 | 26-Sep-1896 | 10-Feb-1897 | 4-Oct-1898 | 16-Sep-1901 | 1816 | 601 | 1078 | 1679 | Later IX 15, scrapped 1956 |
| BB | 8 | Alabama | Cramp Shipbuilding | 290 | 11,565 | 375 | 1897 | 24-Sep-1896 | 2-Dec-1896 | 18-May-1898 | 22-Oct-1900 | 1489 | 532 | 888 | 1420 | Sunk as target in Chesapeake Bay 1921, hulk scrapped |
| BB | 9 | Wisconsin | Union Iron Works | 49 | 11,565 | 375 | 1897 | 19-Sep-1896 | 9-Feb-1897 | 26-Nov-1898 | 17-Jan-1901 | 1581 | 655 | 783 | 1438 | Scrapped 1922 |
| BB | 10 | Maine | Cramp Shipbuilding | 302 | 12,500 | 394 | 1899 | 1-Oct-1898 | 15-Feb-1899 | 27-Jul-1901 | 29-Dec-1902 | 1550 | 893 | 520 | 1413 | Scrapped 1922 |
| BB | 11 | Missouri | Newport News Sbldg. | 25 | 12,500 | 394 | 1899 | 30-Dec-1898 | 7-Feb-1900 | 28-Dec-1901 | 1-Dec-1903 | 1797 | 690 | 703 | 1393 | Scrapped 1922 |
| BB | 12 | Ohio | Union Iron Works | 61 | 12,500 | 394 | 1899 | 5-Oct-1898 | 22-Apr-1899 | 18-May-1901 | 10-Sep-1904 | 2167 | 757 | 1211 | 1968 | Scrapped 1923 |
| BB | 13 | Virginia | Newport News Sbldg. | 40 | 14,950 | 441 | 1900 | 15-Feb-1901 | 21-May-1902 | 5-Apr-1904 | 5-May-1906 | 1905 | 685 | 760 | 1445 | Sunk as target off Diamond Shoals NC 1923 |
| BB | 14 | Nebraska | Moran Sbldg. | 38 | 14,950 | 441 | 1900 | 7-Mar-1901 | 4-Jul-1902 | 7-Oct-1904 | 31-May-1907 | 2276 | 826 | 966 | 1792 | Scrapped 1923 |
| BB | 15 | Georgia | Bath Iron Works | 39 | 15,000 | 441 | 1900 | 18-Feb-1901 | 31-Aug-1901 | 11-Oct-1904 | 21-Sep-1906 | 2041 | 1137 | 710 | 1847 | Scrapped 1923 |
| BB | 16 | New Jersey | Fore River Sbldg. | 108 | 15,000 | 441 | 1901 | 15-Feb-1901 | 2-Apr-1902 | 4-Nov-1904 | 12-May-1906 | 1912 | 947 | 554 | 1501 | Sunk as target off Diamond Shoals NC 1923 |
| BB | 17 | Rhode Island | Fore River Sbldg. | 109 | 15,000 | 441 | 1901 | 15-Feb-1901 | 1-May-1902 | 17-May-1904 | 12-Feb-1906 | 1823 | 747 | 636 | 1383 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 18 | Connecticut | New York NSY | 16,000 | 456 | 1903 | 15-Oct-1902 | 10-Mar-1903 | 29-Sep-1904 | 29-Sep-1906 | 1445 | 569 | 730 | 1299 | Scrapped 1923 | |
| BB | 19 | Louisiana | Newport News Sbldg. | 45 | 16,000 | 456 | 1903 | 15-Oct-1902 | 7-Feb-1903 | 27-Aug-1904 | 21-May-1906 | 1314 | 567 | 632 | 1199 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 20 | Vermont | Fore River Sbldg. | 120 | 16,000 | 456 | 1904 | 20-Jun-1903 | 4-May-1904 | 31-Aug-1905 | 11-Feb-1907 | 1332 | 484 | 529 | 1013 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 21 | Kansas | New York Ship | 21 | 16,000 | 456 | 1904 | 16-Jun-1903 | 10-Feb-1904 | 12-Aug-1905 | 5-Apr-1907 | 1389 | 549 | 601 | 1150 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 22 | Minnesota | Newport News Sbldg. | 46 | 16,000 | 456 | 1904 | 20-Jun-1903 | 27-Oct-1903 | 8-Apr-1905 | 4-Mar-1907 | 1353 | 529 | 695 | 1224 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 23 | Mississippi | Cramp Shipbuilding | 327 | 13,000 | 382 | 1904 | 25-Jan-1904 | 12-May-1904 | 30-Sep-1905 | 22-Jan-1908 | 1458 | 506 | 844 | 1350 | To Greece 1914 as Kilkis, sunk at Salamis 1941 |
| BB | 24 | Idaho | Cramp Shipbuilding | 328 | 13,000 | 382 | 1904 | 25-Jan-1904 | 12-May-1904 | 9-Dec-1905 | 26-Mar-1908 | 1522 | 576 | 838 | 1414 | To Greece 1914 as Lemnos, sunk at Salamis 1941 |
| BB | 25 | New Hampshire | New York Ship | 29 | 16,000 | 456 | 1905 | 27-Dec-1904 | 1-May-1905 | 30-Jun-1906 | 14-Mar-1908 | 1173 | 425 | 623 | 1048 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 26 | South Carolina | Cramp Shipbuilding | 346 | 16,000 | 456 | 1906 | 21-Jul-1906 | 18-Dec-1906 | 25-Jul-1908 | 5-Nov-1909 | 1203 | 585 | 468 | 1053 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 27 | Michigan | New York Ship | 43 | 16,000 | 456 | 1906 | 20-Jul-1906 | 17-Dec-1906 | 26-May-1908 | 31-Aug-1909 | 1138 | 526 | 462 | 988 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 28 | Delaware | Newport News Sbldg. | 86 | 20,000 | 519 | 1907 | 6-Aug-1907 | 11-Nov-1907 | 6-Feb-1909 | 15-Feb-1910 | 924 | 453 | 374 | 827 | Scrapped 1924 |
| BB | 29 | North Dakota | Fore River Sbldg. | 151 | 20,000 | 519 | 1908 | 6-Aug-1907 | 16-Dec-1907 | 10-Nov-1908 | 11-Apr-1910 | 979 | 330 | 517 | 847 | Scrapped 1931 |
| BB | 30 | Florida | New York NSY | 21,825 | 521 | 1909 | 24-Nov-1908 | 9-Mar-1909 | 12-May-1910 | 15-Sep-1911 | 1025 | 429 | 491 | 920 | Scrapped 1931 | |
| BB | 31 | Utah | New York Ship | 80 | 21,825 | 521 | 1909 | 24-Nov-1908 | 15-Mar-1909 | 23-Dec-1909 | 30-Aug-1911 | 1009 | 283 | 615 | 898 | Later AG 16 1932, sunk at Pearl Harbor 1941 |
| BB | 32 | Wyoming | Cramp Shipbuilding | 365 | 26,000 | 562 | 1910 | 14-Oct-1909 | 9-Feb-1910 | 25-May-1911 | 23-Sep-1912 | 1075 | 470 | 487 | 957 | Later AG 17 1931, scrapped 1947 |
| BB | 33 | Arkansas | New York Ship | 97 | 26,000 | 562 | 1910 | 25-Sep-1909 | 25-Jan-1910 | 14-Jan-1911 | 14-Sep-1912 | 1085 | 354 | 609 | 963 | Sunk at Bikini 1946 |
| BB | 34 | New York | New York NSY | 27,000 | 573 | 1911 | 1-May-1911 | 11-Sep-1911 | 30-Oct-1912 | 26-Apr-1914 | 1091 | 415 | 543 | 958 | Sunk at Bikini 1948 | |
| BB | 35 | Texas | Newport News Sbldg. | 147 | 27,000 | 573 | 1911 | 17-Dec-1910 | 17-Apr-1911 | 18-May-1912 | 12-Mar-1914 | 1181 | 397 | 663 | 1060 | Memorial at San Jacinto TX 1948 |
| BB | 36 | Nevada | Fore River Sbldg. | 205 | 27,500 | 583 | 1912 | 22-Jan-1912 | 4-Nov-1912 | 11-Jul-1914 | 11-Mar-1916 | 1510 | 614 | 609 | 1223 | Sunk at Bikini 1948 |
| BB | 37 | Oklahoma | New York Ship | 130 | 27,500 | 583 | 1912 | 22-Jan-1912 | 26-Oct-1912 | 23-Mar-1914 | 2-May-1916 | 1562 | 513 | 771 | 1284 | Sunk at Pearl Harbor 1941, raised 1943, sank under tow 1947 |
| BB | 38 | Pennsylvania | Newport News Sbldg. | 171 | 31,400 | 608 | 1913 | 28-Feb-1913 | 27-Oct-1913 | 6-Apr-1915 | 12-Jun-1916 | 1200 | 526 | 433 | 959 | Scuttled off Kwajalein 1948 |
| BB | 39 | Arizona | New York NSY | 31,400 | 608 | 1914 | 24-Jun-1913 | 16-Mar-1914 | 19-Jun-1915 | 17-Oct-1916 | 1211 | 460 | 486 | 946 | Sunk at Pearl Harbor 1941 | |
| BB | 40 | New Mexico | New York NSY | 32,000 | 624 | 1915 | 20-Oct-1914 | 14-Oct-1915 | 23-Apr-1917 | 15-Aug-1918 | 1395 | 557 | 479 | 1036 | Scrapped 1947 | |
| BB | 41 | Mississippi | Newport News Sbldg. | 185 | 32,000 | 624 | 1915 | 23-Nov-1914 | 5-Apr-1915 | 25-Jan-1917 | 18-Dec-1917 | 1121 | 661 | 327 | 988 | Later AG 128, scrapped 1957 |
| BB | 42 | Idaho | New York Ship | 160 | 32,000 | 624 | 1915 | 9-Nov-1914 | 20-Jan-1915 | 30-Jun-1917 | 24-Mar-1919 | 1596 | 892 | 632 | 1524 | Scrapped 1947 |
| BB | 43 | Tennessee | New York NSY | 32,300 | 624 | 1916 | 28-Dec-1915 | 14-May-1917 | 30-Apr-1919 | 16-Sep-1920 | 1724 | 716 | 505 | 1221 | Scrapped 1959 | |
| BB | 44 | California | Mare Island NSY | 32,300 | 624 | 1916 | 28-Dec-1915 | 25-Oct-1916 | 20-Nov-1919 | 10-Aug-1921 | 2052 | 1121 | 629 | 1750 | Scrapped 1959 | |
| BB | 45 | Colorado | New York Ship | 200 | 32,600 | 624 | 1917 | 17-Jan-1917 | 29-May-1919 | 22-Mar-1921 | 30-Aug-1923 | 2416 | 663 | 891 | 1554 | Scrapped 1959 |
| BB | 46 | Maryland | Newport News Sbldg. | 210 | 32,600 | 624 | 1917 | 5-Dec-1916 | 24-Apr-1917 | 20-Feb-1920 | 20-Jul-1921 | 1688 | 1032 | 516 | 1548 | Scrapped 1959 |
| BB | 47 | Washington | New York Ship | 201 | 32,600 | 624 | 1917 | 17-Jan-1917 | 30-Jun-1919 | 1-Sep-1921 | 794 | Never commissioned, sunk as target off Virginia Capes 1924 | ||||
| BB | 48 | West Virginia | Newport News Sbldg. | 211 | 32,600 | 624 | 1917 | 5-Dec-1916 | 12-Apr-1920 | 19-Nov-1921 | 1-Dec-1923 | 2552 | 586 | 742 | 1328 | Scrapped 1959 |
| BB | 49 | South Dakota | New York NSY | 43,200 | 684 | 1918 | 2-Jul-1918 | 15-Mar-1920 | Cancelled 1922 | |||||||
| BB | 50 | Indiana | New York NSY | 43,200 | 684 | 1918 | 2-Jul-1918 | 1-Nov-1920 | Cancelled 1922 | |||||||
| BB | 51 | Montana | Mare Island NSY | 43,200 | 684 | 1918 | 2-Jul-1918 | 1-Sep-1920 | Cancelled 1922 | |||||||
| BB | 52 | North Carolina | Norfolk NSY | 43,200 | 684 | 1919 | 2-Jul-1918 | 12-Jan-1920 | Cancelled 1922 | |||||||
| BB | 53 | Iowa | Newport News Sbldg. | 258 | 43,200 | 684 | 1919 | 27-Oct-1919 | 17-May-1920 | Cancelled 1923 | ||||||
| BB | 54 | Massachusetts | Bethlehem Steel | 1400 | 43,200 | 684 | 1919 | 15-Nov-1919 | 4-Apr-1921 | Cancelled 1923 | ||||||
| BB | 55 | North Carolina | New York NSY | 46,770 | 729 | 1937 | 24-Jun-1937 | 27-Oct-1937 | 13-Jun-1940 | 31-Jul-1941 | 1498 | 960 | 413 | 1373 | To Wilmington NC as memorial 1961 | |
| BB | 56 | Washington | Philadelphia NSY | 45,370 | 729 | 1937 | 24-Jun-1937 | 14-Jun-1938 | 1-Jun-1940 | 31-Jul-1941 | 1498 | 718 | 425 | 1143 | Scrapped 1961 | |
| BB | 57 | South Dakota | New York Ship | 421 | 46,200 | 680 | 1939 | 15-Dec-1938 | 5-Jul-1939 | 7-Jun-1941 | 20-Mar-1942 | 1191 | 703 | 286 | 989 | Scrapped 1962 |
| BB | 58 | Indiana | Newport News Sbldg. | 378 | 44,374 | 680 | 1939 | 15-Dec-1938 | 20-Nov-1939 | 21-Nov-1941 | 30-Apr-1942 | 1232 | 732 | 160 | 892 | Scrapped 1964 |
| BB | 59 | Massachusetts | Bethlehem Steel | 1478 | 45,216 | 680 | 1939 | 15-Dec-1938 | 20-Jul-1939 | 23-Sep-1941 | 12-May-1942 | 1244 | 796 | 231 | 1027 | To Fall River MA as memorial 1962 |
| BB | 60 | Alabama | Norfolk NSY | 44,374 | 680 | 1939 | 1-Apr-1939 | 2-Jan-1940 | 16-Feb-1942 | 10-Nov-1942 | 1319 | 776 | 267 | 1043 | To Mobile AL as memorial 1964 | |
| BB | 61 | Iowa | New York NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1940 | 1-Jul-1939 | 27-Jun-1940 | 27-Aug-1942 | 28-Mar-1943 | 1366 | 791 | 213 | 1004 | To San Pedro CA as memorial 2012 | |
| BB | 62 | New Jersey | Philadelphia NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1940 | 1-Jul-1939 | 16-Sep-1940 | 7-Dec-1942 | 30-Jun-1943 | 1460 | 812 | 205 | 1017 | To Camden NJ as memorial 1999 | |
| BB | 63 | Missouri | New York NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 12-Jun-1940 | 6-Jan-1941 | 29-Jan-1944 | 24-Jul-1944 | 1503 | 1118 | 177 | 1295 | To Pearl Harbor HI as memorial 1998 | |
| BB | 64 | Wisconsin | Philadelphia NSY | 57,271 | 8887 | 1941 | 12-Jun-1940 | 25-Jan-1941 | 7-Dec-1943 | 26-Jun-1944 | 1475 | 1046 | 202 | 1248 | To Norfolk VA as memorial 2009 | |
| BB | 65 | Illinois | Philadelphia NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | 6-Dec-1942 | Cancelled 1945, scrapped 1958 | |||||||
| BB | 66 | Kentucky | Norfolk NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | 6-Dec-1942 | Cancelled 1945, scrapped 1958 | |||||||
| BB | 67 | Montana | Philadelphia NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | Cancelled 1943 | ||||||||
| BB | 68 | Ohio | Philadelphia NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | Cancelled 1943 | ||||||||
| BB | 69 | Maine | New York NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | Cancelled 1943 | ||||||||
| BB | 70 | New Hampshire | New York NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | Cancelled 1943 | ||||||||
| BB | 71 | Louisiana | Norfolk NSY | 57,271 | 887 | 1941 | 9-Sep-1940 | Cancelled 1943 | ||||||||