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Battleships & Battlecruisers

Ship Name & Nationality	Designation and/or Type of Ship	Referred to on Page	Websites Website is specific to the ship unless otherwise noted
Fate/Notes

Almirante Cochrane	Almirante Latorre-class battleship	The Birth of Naval Aviation	Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre(sister ship to Almirante Cochrane)
Taken over by the British and converted to carrier HMS Eagle

Arizona	BB-39 Pennsylvania-class battleship	The World at War Other Ships - Military: AR-4 USS Vestal	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy USS Arizona National Memorial, Hawaii - National Parks Service Arizona Memorial Museum Association U. S. Naval Institute Special Collections - Pearl Harbor "Oil and Honor at Pearl Harbor", National Geographic article by Priit J. Vesilind USS Arizona Arizona Memorial
Arizona exploded and sank after being hit by bombs during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Her superstructure was cut away, but her hull remains as a permanent memorial to the casualties of that day.

Bismarck	Bismarck-class battleship	Carrier Timeline: May 1941	KBismarck.com Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sunk by British forces in the North Atlantic, 27 May 1941

Caio Duilio	Andrea Doria-class battleship	The World at War	Wikipedia
Scrapped at La Spezia in 1957.

California	BB-44 Tennessee-class battleship	The World at War	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sunk at Pearl Harbor, California was raised and repaired, and returned to service in 1944. She was sold for scrap July 1959.

Conte de Cavour	Conte di Cavour-class battleship	The World at War	Wikipedia
Conte de Cavour was sunk by British aircraft during the Taranto attack of 11 November 1940. She was raised by the Italians and sent to Trieste for refit. Captured by the Germans in Trieste in 1943, abandoned in 1945, she was finally scrapped 27 February 1947.

Fuso	Fuso-class battleship	Carrier Timeline: October 1944	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Sunk at the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944.

Gneisenau	Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser	Other Ships - Carriers: HMS Glorious	Scharnhorst & Gneisenau Wikipedia
Sunk as blockship at Gotenhafen (Gdynia), 27 March 1945. The wreck was raised and scrapped in 1951.

Haruna	Kongo-class battleship	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sunk at pierside in Kure after multiple air attacks on 24-28 July 1945. In 1946, the wreck was raised and broken up.

Indiana	BB-58 South Dakota-class battleship	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Sold for scrap in 1962. Various parts of Indiana (mast, anchor, etc.) are on display in museums around the state.

Kearsarge	Battleship Number 5 Kearsarge-class battleship	Carrier Names: Kearsarge	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Rendered obsolete as a battleship, Kearsarge served as a training ship for a number of years. She was then converted to a floating crane, renamed Crane Ship No. 1, and continued to serve through and after the Second World War helping to build the new battleships and carriers. She was sold for scrap on 9 August 1955.

Kongo	Kongo-class battleship	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Hit and sunk by torpedoes from SS-315 USS Sealion north of Formosa. Kongo is the only Japanese battleship lost to U.S. submarines in WWII, and the last battleship sunk by a sub anywhere.

Maryland	BB-46 Colorado-class battleship	The World at War	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Scrapped 8 July 1959.

Massachusetts	BB-59 South Dakota-class battleship	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Battleship Cove: The World's Largest Historic Naval Ship Exhibit Wikipedia
Moored at Battleship Cove, located in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Missouri	BB-63 Iowa-class battleship	Carrier Timeline: September 1945 Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Battleship Missouri Memorial Wikipedia
Permanently berthed on Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Musashi	Yamato-class battleship	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Lost to air attack during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, 24 October 1944. U.S. planes hit Musashi with at least 19 torpedoes and 17 bombs, plus near-misses.

Nagato	Nagato-class battleship	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Surrendered to American naval forces on 30 August 1945. Nagato was moved to Eniwetok in March 1946 for repairs, then steamed to Bikini Atoll in May. She survived the Able air-burst test on 1 July, but was severely damaged by the Baker underwater test on the 24th. On the night of 29 July, Nagato capsized and sank in Bikini lagoon.

Nevada	BB-36 Nevada-class battleship	The World at War	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Refloated and returned to service after Pearl Harbor, Nevada served through the rest of the war. She was used as a target ship for both Operation Crossroads atomic tests, and was finally sunk as a gunfire and torpedo target ship off Hawaii on 31 July 1948

New Jersey	BB-62 Iowa-class battleship	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Battleship New Jersey Wikipedia
Moored pierside on the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey, at the former site of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

Oklahoma	BB-37 Nevada-class battleship	The World at War	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Capsized and sunk at Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was righted and raised, then sold for scrapping 5 December 1946. While under tow to San Francisco on 17 May 1947, Oklahoma broke her towline and sank 540 miles east of Pearl Harbor.

Pennsylvania	BB-38 Pennsylvania-class battleship	The Birth of Naval Aviation	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
USS Pennsylvania survived both atomic bomb tests in July 1946 and was towed to Kwajalein where she was decommissioned in August. She was used for post-blast radiological and structural studies until February 1948, when she was scuttled off Kwajalein.

Prince of Wales	King George V-class battleship	Carrier Timeline: December 1941	Force Z Survivors Association Wikipedia
Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaya, 10 December 1941.

Ranger	CC-4 Lexington-class battlecruiser	Carrier Names: Ranger	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Lexington-class Battlecruisers - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Originally contracted as Lexington, renamed 10 December 1917. Laid down 23 June 1921, cancelled 17 August 1923. Incomplete hull sold for scrap 8 November 1923.

Ranger	CC-5 Lexington-class battlecruiser	Carrier Names: Ranger	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Lexington-class Battlecruisers - U.S. Naval Historical Center
Originally contracted as Ranger, renamed Constitution 10 December 1917. Keel laid September 1920, cancelled.

Repulse	Renown-class battlecruiser	Carrier Timeline: December 1941	Force Z Survivors Association Wikipedia
Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaya, 10 December 1941.

Richelieu	Richelieu-class battleship	CV-3 USS Saratoga	Wikipedia
Scrapped 1968

Scharnhorst	Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser	Other Ships - Carriers: HMS Glorious	Scharnhorst & Gneisenau Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Sunk 26 December 1943 during the Battle of North Cape.

Tennessee	BB-43 Tennessee-class battleship	The World at War	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Damaged in the Pearl Harbor attack, Tennessee served throughout WWII. She was scrapped 10 July 1959

Vittorio Veneto	Vittorio Veneto-class battleship	The World at War	Wikipedia
Interned in Egypt after the 1943 Armistice, Vittorio Veneto was returned to Italy and scrapped after WWII.

West Virginia	BB-48 Colorado-class battleship	CV-5 USS Yorktown The World at War	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy Wikipedia
Heavily damaged and sunk at Pearl Harbor, West Virginia was refloated, modernized and served during the last two years of the war. She was sold for scrap to the Union Minerals and Alloys Corp. of New York City, 24 August 1959.

Wisconsin	BB-64 Iowa-class battleship	Fast Carrier Task Group	Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center United States Naval Vessel Register NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy The Battleship Wisconsin Wikipedia
Wisconsin is moored adjacent to Nauticus on the Elizabeth River waterfront of Norfolk, Virginia. Although stricken from the Navy List, Wisconsin is still owned by the U.S. Navy and is carried on the rolls as an inactive reserve vessel.

Yamashiro	Fuso-class battleship	Carrier Timeline: October 1944	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Wikipedia
Sunk at the Battle of Surigao Strait, 25 October 1944.

Yamato	Yamato-class battleship	The Battle off Samar	Tabular Record of Movement at Nihon Kaigun Online Library of Selected Images - U.S. Naval Historical Center Wikipedia
Hit by multiple bombs and at least eight torpedoes by U.S. carrier aircraft in the East China Sea, 7 April 1945.