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BB-43 USS TENNESSEE
1930 - 1941

Radio Call Sign: November - India - Delta - November
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1917 - 1929
Pearl Harbor Attack
Puget Sound Rebuild / 1942 - May 1943
June 1943 - 1945
1946 - 1959

Tennessee Class Battleship: Displacement 32,300 Tons, Dimensions, 624' (oa) x 97' 4" x 31' (Max). Armament 12 x 14"/50 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50AA 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3 1/2" +1 1/2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 26,800 SHP; Turbines with electric drive, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 1083.

Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, May 14, 1917. Launched April 30, 1919. Commissioned June 3, 1920. Decommissioned February 14, 1947. Stricken March 1, 1959.
Fate: Sold July 16, 1959 and broken up for scrap.
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BB-43 Tennessee 703k Tennessee (BB-43), in March 1930. Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-466154, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
BB-39 Arizona703kArizona (BB-39) in 1930's, maneuvering at sea astern of Tennessee (BB-43) and Texas (BB-35) (in lead). USN photo courtesy Pieter Bakels. Photo added 05/01/08.
BB-43 Tennessee 60k The Tennessee (BB-43) in 1930, line drawing by A. L. Raven. Photo and text courtesy of U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman.
BB-43 Tennessee 84k Tennessee (BB-43) passing Alcatraz Island, circa 1937. USN photo, courtesy of Myron J. Smith Jr, from his book "Volunteer State Battlewagon", from Pictorial Histories Publishing, Missoula, Montana.
BB-43 Tennessee 90k Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, 1937. USNI / USN
BB-40 New Mexico & family242kA New Mexico (BB-40 / 42) class battleship in the van with other battleships of the Pacific Fleet with its air arm over head.
This photo dates from no earlier than 25 June 1937, when Douglas began delivery of 114 TBD-1s (the only mono-planes in this picture) and between 20 May 1941 when the New Mexico's were transferred to the Atlantic Fleet.
"The Navy uses enormous amounts of rubber. At least seventy-five tons of rubber, enough to makes 17,000 tires, are used in the construction of each of these battleships. Tons more are needed for the naval planes that are making history over the world. Medical and communication requirements--and countless other needs of the Navy--are met." 		Photograph # LC-USE64 - DC-000944 & partial text courtesy of memory.loc.gov.
BB-43 Tennessee 38k Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplanes(Bureau #s 1077, at center, and probably 1076, to the right). Parked on the after catapult of Tennessee (BB-43), circa 1938. These aircraft belong to Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B), whose insignia is painted on the fuselage below the upper wing. USNHC # NH 68890, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-43 Tennessee 61k Tennessee (BB-43) in harbor, circa 1938. Two SOC-3 floatplanes, of Observation Squadron Two (VO-2B), are parked on the battleship's after catapult. A third is atop gun turret # 3. USNHC # NH 68891, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-43 Tennessee 64k Overhead of Tennessee (BB-43) as she appeared in the late 1930's. USN photo.
BB-43 Tennessee 112k Tennessee (BB-43) at sea during the later 1930s, with Vought O3U aircraft on her catapults. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-456336, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-43 Tennessee 117k At sea during the later 1930s. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 97316, now in the collections of the National Archives.
BB-43 Tennessee 43k With the crew manning the rails on 30 April 1939, to render honors to the Presidential yacht Potomac as it passes with the Danish Crown Prince and Princess. Text and photo courtesy of Warship Internation, #3, 1986.
(BB-43/44) 197k Circa 1940 picture of the Tennessee (BB-43) lying on the Hudson river with her main guns trained to starboard. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
(BB-43/44) 183k The Tennessee's (BB-43) band poses for a group shot in her mid life era. USN photo courtesy of Robert M. Cieri.
BB-43 Tennessee 157k Curtiss SOC-3 scout-observation floatplanes parked on the after catapult of Tennessee (BB-43), 1940 on the Hudson river. USN photo courtesy of Myron J. Smith Jr, from his book "Volunteer State Battlewagon", from Pictorial Histories Publishing, Missoula, Montana.
BB-39 Arizona43k Arizona (BB-39) leading Nevada (BB-36) and the Tennessee (BB-43) and a New Mexico class battleship underway. USN photo from the Atlas Editions. Submitted by Eric W. Dahlstrom.
USS TENNESSEE BB-43 History
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(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Bud Galow
Address: 521 Inman Terrace, Willow Grove, PA 19090-3613
Phone: (215) 784-9885
E-mail:budgalow@comcast.net
Mail to USS Tennessee Reunion Association can be sent to: P.O. Box 1174, Willow Grove, PA 19090-0704

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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