Allied Warships
USS Tennessee (BB 43)
Battleship of the Tennessee class
USS Tennessee as modernized mid-1943.
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Battleship |
| Class | Tennessee |
| Pennant | BB 43 |
| Built by | New York Navy Yard (New York, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 14 May 1917 |
| Launched | 30 Apr 1919 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jun 1920 |
| End service | 14 Feb 1947 |
| History | USS Tennessee (Captain Charles Edwin Reordan) was at Battleship Row at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 but was damaged a lot less than most other battleships stationed there. She returned to action after short repair period in the US on 26 February 1942. Decommissioned 14 February 1947. |
Commands listed for USS Tennessee (BB 43)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Damon Earhart Cummings, USN | 15 Dec 1938 | 1 Jul 1940 |
| 2 | Capt. Jonas Howard Ingram, USN | 1 Jul 1940 | 31 Dec 1940 |
| 3 | Capt. Charles Edwin Reordan, USN | 31 Dec 1940 | 20 Jun 1942 |
| 4 | Capt. Robert Stevenson Haggart, USN | 20 Jun 1942 | 25 Mar 1944 |
| 5 | Capt. Andrew de Graff Mayer, USN | 25 Mar 1944 | 10 Oct 1944 |
| 6 | Capt. John Baptist Heffernan, USN | 10 Oct 1944 | 7 Sep 1945 |
| 7 | T/Capt. Harley Francis Cope, USN | 7 Sep 1945 | 8 Dec 1946 |
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