USS Maryland (BB-46)

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Anchored USS Maryland, inter-war period

Battleship Maryland in Panama Canal 1930s

Battleship USS Maryland at Puget Sound February 1942

Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 during Pre Invasion Bombardment of Tarawa 20 November 1943

Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 during Pre Invasion Bombardment of Tarawa, 5'' battery in action

Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 in camouflage

Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 starboard

USS Maryland (BB-46) firing his main guns at Japanese target on Okinawa

Battleship USS Maryland firing his main guns at Japanese target on Okinawa

Battleship USS Maryland in camouflage, 1943

Battleship USS Maryland, stern view November 1928

Battleships USS Maryland and USS Oklahoma after Pearl Harbor Attack 1941

Battleships USS Maryland and overturned Oklahoma after Pearl Harbor Attack 1941

Maryland in Puget Sound Navy Yard. 5 August 1945 2

Battleship USS Maryland BB-46 March 1920

Maryland under construction at Newport New, March 1920

USS Maryland 1930s

USS Maryland BB-34 aerial view, 8 November 1942

USS Maryland aerial view, 8 November 1942

USS Maryland arriving in San Francisco Harbor 1928, stern view

USS Maryland at Gatun Locks, Panama Canal

USS Maryland at Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal 1934

USS Maryland August 1945

USS Maryland August 1945 2

USS Maryland BB-34 underway, 8 November 1942

USS Maryland bow

USS Maryland during maneuvers off the West Coast in 1935

USS Maryland in Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal 13 February 1923

USS Maryland Pacific 14 August 1945

USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 4

USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 - bow 4

USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 2

USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 3

USS Maryland Puget Sound 25 April 1944 stern

USS Maryland underway

Battleship USS Maryland at sea April 1944

USS Maryland underway April 1944

USS Maryland, broadside view 1928

Colorado-class battleship. Laid down: 24 April 1917 Commissioned: 21 July 1921 Main armament: 8 x 410 mm L/45 Fate: sold for scrap on 8 July 1959

Design

Maryland before the war was a typical oldline battleship. Old fashioned cage masts supported duplicate spotting tops and "clock face" of the range coordinator, clearly visible to other ships. The secondary guns and AA batteries were virtually without protection.

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