U.S.S. Arkansas
Posted by:
Dan Hitch
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Date: April 29, 2003 06:08PM
<HTML>Battleship U.S.S. Arkansas was not listed on your Allied warship page.
Arkansas was one of two Wyoming class battleships.
Launched Jan.14, 1911
Displacement 26,100 tons
Armament (as of 1944) Twelve 12" guns, 10 Ten 3" guns twenty four 40 mm.,
and thirty two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
Arkansas provided convoy protection and participated in shore bombardment
at Normandy.
Max Speed 20.5 knots
Expended as a target for nuclear test at Bikini Atoll July 25, 1946</HTML>
Arkansas was one of two Wyoming class battleships.
Launched Jan.14, 1911
Displacement 26,100 tons
Armament (as of 1944) Twelve 12" guns, 10 Ten 3" guns twenty four 40 mm.,
and thirty two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
Arkansas provided convoy protection and participated in shore bombardment
at Normandy.
Max Speed 20.5 knots
Expended as a target for nuclear test at Bikini Atoll July 25, 1946</HTML>
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U.S.S. Arkansas
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Dan Hitch | 04/29/2003 06:08PM |