Served 38 months in combat zones.
Commissioned May 15, 1941.
Sunk Japanese Battleship Kirisima and Destroyer Ayanami in a classic night battle on 14 - 15 of November 1942.
Set record steaming 31,494 miles in 79 straight days.
She sank more combat tonnage than any U.S. Battleship in WWII.
Shot down 12 enemy planes, bombarded ten enemy islands and repelled 53 attacks.
Fired 3,535 rounds of 16 inch shells, 28,062 rounds of 5 inch projectiles and over 350,000 rounds of 20 millimeter machine gun bullets.
Never was hit ot lost a man to the enemy.
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I thought it interesting, and a wonderful record for one ship.
My cousin Arnette's husband served aboard her.
Sharon P.
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