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USS Maryland Ship Statistics

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Specifications:


Full Name and Hull Number: USS Maryland BB-46

Class: Colorado

Launched: 20 March 1920
Commissioned: 21 July 1921
Tonnage: 32500 Tons
Beam: 108 Feet
Length: 624 Feet
Draft: 32.5 Feet Forward and 33 Feet Aft
Wartime Complements:
107 Officers
1988 Enlisted Men
67 Marines
Armament:
8 16" 45 caliber
16 5" 38 caliber
48 barrels 40 mm
44 barrels 20 mm
Rounds Fired:
16"/45 caliber ......... 3479
5"/51 caliber .......... 6786
5"/25 caliber .......... 7186
40mm caliber ........... 4093
20mm caliber .... ....... 10500
Miles steamed:
1942 - 39073 miles
1943 - 31095 miles
1944 - 61355 miles
1945 - 21174 miles
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Total - 152697 miles
Casualties (wartime):
Killed - 53
Injured - 68
Total Days in Combat: 76 Days
Damage Sustained:
1 Bomb Hit - 7 December 1941
1 Aerial Torpedo - 22 June 1944
2 Kamikaze Hits - 29 November 1944 and 7 April 1945

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