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BB-32 USS WYOMING
1920 - 1930


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Wyoming Class Battleship: Displacement 26,000 Tons, Dimensions, 562' (oa) x 93' 3" x 29' 7" (Max). Armament 12 x 12"/50 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 11" Belt, 12" Turrets, 3" Decks, 11 1/2" Conning Tower. Machinery, 28,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 1063.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by Cramp, Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, PA., February 9, 1910. Launched May 25 1911. Commissioned September 25, 1912. Decommissioned May 21, 1930. Recommissioned & Reclassified as Gunnery Training Ship (AG-17) July 1, 1931. Decommissioned August 1, 1947. Stricken September 16, 1947.
Fate: Sold October 30, 1947 and broken up for scrap in Newark NJ.
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BB-32 Wyoming55kThe Wyoming (BB-32) appears here in this circa 1920 photo. Note the training markings painted on her 12-inch gun turret side. Photo taken from Jane's Fighting Ships, 1924 & submitted by Robert Hurst.
BB-32 Wyoming217k1920 appearance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington before conversion from coal to oil burning propulsion. USN photo.
BB-32/33106k Henderson (AP-1) Photographed from an aircraft while flying the flag of Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby and returning a gun salute in the early 1920s. Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33) is in the background, with crew manning the rails. USNHC # NH 53241, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Arkansas class70k Sharkey (DD-281) in harbor, during the 1920s. Note the recessed anchor housing fitted to her bow and signal flags flying from her formast. Wyoming (BB-32) or Arkansas (BB-33) is in the background.USNHC # 67903. Photo i.d. courtesy of Phil Lucy.
BB-32 Wyoming56k Wyoming (BB-32) under way, circa 1920s, port side view.From the collection of Gerald M. Charpentier of New Orleans and L.A. Donated by his niece, Elaine C. Witty. Charpentier was in the Navy in the 1920's.
BB-32 Wyoming120kIn a storm, Wyoming (BB-32) looks more like a submarine coming up for air then a surface craft November 7th, 1925.Courtesy of Jon Burdett.
BB-32 Wyoming209kOn manuvers off the coast of Maine, 1926.Courtesy of Jon Burdett.
BB-32 Wyoming155kThe Wyoming (BB-32) at anchor with the company of at least two other battleships as their masts protrude over her fore & aft turrets. Photo dates from before her overhaul at the New York Navy Yard from 23 November 1925 to 26 January 1926. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-32 Wyoming103kBoardside view of the Wyoming (BB-32) underway, circa 1927, before being converted from a coal burner to an oil burner. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
Battlefleet122kWatercolor of a Presidential review during President Hoover's term of office, 1928-32.
Crews line the rails of a Colorado class (BB-45-48) battleship as the ships pass in line astern of the reviewing stand with the airship Los Angeles (ZR-3) piercing the clouds accompanied by 9 biplanes.
Courtesy of Michael Schwarz.
Battlefleet56kView of the U.S. Battlefleet from above, possibly from the airship Los Angeles (ZR-3). Photo courtesy of periscopefilm.com.
BB-36 Nevada260k Nevada (BB-36) steaming in line, guns trained out to port. Directly behind her are the Wyoming (BB-32) & Idaho (BB-42). Date approximatley 1930.USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-32 Wyoming101kUnderway at sea, with ten of her 12"/50 guns trained out to starboard, 24 March 1930.Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-466464, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Additional Wyoming Images
1 General View Of Wyoming From The Library Of Congress Server.

USS WYOMING BB-32 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Mr. John Winters
Address: 16117 Kellogg Rd Bowling Green, OH, 43402-9780
Phone: 419-823-7524
E-mail: None


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