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USS Arkansas (BB 33)

Battleship of the Wyoming class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeBattleship
ClassWyoming 
PennantBB 33 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down25 Jan, 1910 
Launched14 Jan, 1911 
Commissioned17 Sep, 1912 
End service29 Jul, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryOn 25 July 1946, the venerable battleship was sunk in Test "Baker" at Bikini. Decommissioned on 29 July 1946, Arkansas was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 August 1946. 

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