This list of battleships of the United States Navy consists of all ships with the hull classification symbol "BB". A number of these were started but never completed. All battleships have now been retired from service with the U.S. Navy. American battleships can be roughly divided into five types: coastal defense, pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, standard, and fast.
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| - This list of battleships of the United States Navy consists of all ships with the hull classification symbol "BB". A number of these were started but never completed. All battleships have now been retired from service with the U.S. Navy. American battleships can be roughly divided into five types: coastal defense, pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, standard, and fast.
- battleships of the United States Navy
- This list of battleships of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol "BB". A number of these were started but never completed. Four battleships of the US Navy were designated "second class battleships"; these ships were smaller and lighter than normal battleships, with an eye toward saving money; but the Navy Department preferred to save money by building a more limited number of the best battleships they could afford. Thus, the US Navy never matched or even closely rivaled the line of battle of the Royal Navy in sheer numbers, but tended to have more powerful ships which could take more damage. Maine was destroyed in Havana harbor in 1898; Mississippi and Idaho were sold to Greece to free up money for a new Dreadnought battleship. Texas soldiered on in
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| - This list of battleships of the United States Navy consists of all ships with the hull classification symbol "BB". A number of these were started but never completed. All battleships have now been retired from service with the U.S. Navy. American battleships can be roughly divided into five types: coastal defense, pre-dreadnought, dreadnought, standard, and fast.
- battleships of the United States Navy
- This list of battleships of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol "BB". A number of these were started but never completed. Four battleships of the US Navy were designated "second class battleships"; these ships were smaller and lighter than normal battleships, with an eye toward saving money; but the Navy Department preferred to save money by building a more limited number of the best battleships they could afford. Thus, the US Navy never matched or even closely rivaled the line of battle of the Royal Navy in sheer numbers, but tended to have more powerful ships which could take more damage. Maine was destroyed in Havana harbor in 1898; Mississippi and Idaho were sold to Greece to free up money for a new Dreadnought battleship. Texas soldiered on in the Navy until sunk in 1911 as a target. (s) indicates ship was second class battleship (relative to other US battleships of the era) (n) indicates ship never entered service.
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