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Monthly Archives: March 2015

This day in Military Naval History: March 11th 1916 – USS Nevada (BB-36) 1st USN “super-dreadnought”.

This day in Military Naval History: March 11th 1916 – USS Nevada (BB-36) is commissioned as the first US Navy “super-dreadnought”. USS Nevada (BB-36), the second United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships; her sister ship was Oklahoma. Launched in 1914, the Nevada was a […]