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1939 - June 1942 / Keel Laying - Commissioning
March 1943 - December 1945 / War in the Pacific
1946 - 1965
1966 - Present
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 | 49k | At Boston Navy Yard a few months after commissioning, 13 July 1942. | USN photo. | |
 | 101k | Massachusetts (BB-59) July 1942, in Measure 12. Note SC radar on foremast, Mk.3 and IFF on Spot I and Mk.4 atop MK.37's. | Drawing courtesy of A.B. Cheley & submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/19/08. | |
 | 131k | Artwork showing the amidships of Massachusetts (BB-59) and her anti-aircraft battery. | Drawing courtesy of A.B. Cheley & submitted by Pieter Bakels. Photo added 01/19/08. | |
 | 65k | View looking forward from the ship's after deck, during a lull in the Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942. Note: 16"/45 guns of her after turret; 20mm gun at left with "Lead, Dammit, Lead" printed on its shield; FC & FD radar antennas atop her gun directors; two large National Ensigns flying from her masts. | USNHC # NH 84534, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 104k | Taken after a storm that wrecked one of the aircraft aboard Massachusetts (BB-59) during Operation Torch in the Atlantic. | USN photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 169k | Taken after a storm that wrecked one of the aircraft aboard Massachusetts (BB-59) during Operation Torch in the Atlantic. | USN photograph courtesy of Pieter Bakels. | |
 | 83k | Flags flying from the masts of Massachusetts (BB-59) during the action of the Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942. The two-star flag is that of Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen, commander of the North Africa invasion covering group. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-38833, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 64k | Maneuvering off Casablanca, Morocco, during the North Africa invasion, 8 November 1942. Photographed from Mayrant (DD-402). Note that Massachusetts (BB-59) is flying two very large national ensigns. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-K-2133, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 170k | Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for Camouflage Measure 32, Design 1D intended for the battleship Massachusetts (BB-59), circa 1943. This camouflage design was not actually used on Massachusetts or any other ship of her class. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-157914, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 129k | Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for use in preparing camouflage designs for the Indiana (BB-58); Massachusetts (BB-59); and Alabama (BB-60), circa 1943. This plan shows the ship's starboard side, superstructure ends and exposed decks. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-156818, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 60k | Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for use in preparing camouflage designs for the Indiana (BB-58); Massachusetts (BB-59); and Alabama (BB-60), circa 1943. This plan shows the ship's port side. | Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-156819, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. | |
 | 85k | Invasion of North Africa, November 1942. Anti-aircraft fire chases four French fighters away from an American spotting plane, during the early morning hours of the Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942. Photographed from the after deck of Massachusetts (BB-59). | Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-38832, now in the collections of the National Archives. | |
 | 100k | Massachusetts (BB-59), port side view with camoflouge paint. Circa late 1942. | Jerry Mason. | |
 | 57k | Starboard view in war camoflouge. Circa December 1942. | Hyperwar WWII. | |
 | 78k | Massachusetts (BB-59) as seen from the after deck of the Alabama (BB-60), in Casco Bay, Maine, in January, 1943. The muzzels of Alabama after 16"/45 guns are in the foreground. | Official U.S. Navy photo from the collections of the National Archives. USNHC # 80-G-K-416, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
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