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	USS Nevada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third Nevada (BB-36) was a battleship, commissioned in 1916, damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), painted orange and used as the target for Operation Crossroads in 1946, and finally sunk for practice in 1948.
		At least four ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Nevada, after the 36th state.
		The second Nevada (BM-8) was a monitor, commissioned in 1902, renamed to Tonopah in 1909, and sold in 1922.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Nevada (179 words)

	WWII Archives - Photographs
		USS Nevada (BB-36) heading down channel, afire from several Japanese bomb hits, as seen from Ford Island during the later part of the attack.
		USS Raleigh (CL-7) is kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, after she was damaged by a Japanese torpedo and a bomb, December 7, 1941.
		USS Raleigh (CL-7) being kept afloat by a salvage barge moored to her port side, after she had been torpedoed and damaged by a bomb during the Japanese raid.
	www.ww2archives.net /servlet/ref_photographs.tmpl?ID=5 (3364 words)

	SSBN 733 Nevada
		The third NEVADA (BB 36), a 583-foot, 27,500-ton battleship, began her long and distinguished career in 1916.
		Nevada was authorized in FY 1980; laid down by Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Co., Groton, CT 8 August 1983; launched 14 September 1985; sponsored by Mrs.
		At that time NEVADA and several of her sister ships were transferred from the fleet to duty at the Naval Academy.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/agency/ssbn-733.htm (565 words)

	USN Ships--USS Nevada (BB-36)
		USS Nevada, first of a class of two 27,500-ton battleships, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts.
		After two years of inactivity, USS Nevada was towed to sea off the Hawaiian islands and sunk by gunfire and torpedos.
		She was commissioned in March 1916 and operated in the western Atlantic and the Caribbean until mid-1918, when she went to the British Isles for World War I service.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/bb36.htm (941 words)

	Pearl Harbor
		USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in the rear was the 33,000 ton flagship of the Pacific fleet and suffered only minor damage.
		The USS Wigeon (ASR-1) is in the foreground.
		The Nevada's struggle to make it to the open ocean continued until about 0840, when she was forced to beach to avoid sinking and blocking the channel.
	www.de220.com /Pearl%20Harbor/Pearl%20Harbor.htm (3533 words)

	Navada Class
		USS Nevada BB-36, on December 7, 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor the USS Nevada was sunk.
		The Nevada was rearmed in 1944 with ten 356mm guns in two triple turrets and two twin mounts.
		However her sister ship the USS Oklahoma took four torpedo hits and went turtle (She rolled over) making it almost imposable for her crew to get out.
	techcenter.davidson.k12.nc.us /spring023/navadapage.htm (145 words)

	DDG 71 Ross
		USS ROSS (DDG 71), the twenty-first Arleigh Burke class destroyer, is named in honor of Captain Donald Kirby Ross, who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions aboard USS NEVADA (BB-36) on December 7, 1941.
		As a junior Warrant Officer onboard USS NEVADA, Ross earned the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary courage and disregard of his own life during the attack on the Fleet at Pearl Harbor" on December 7, 1941, according to the citation accompanying his award.
		His heroism during the attack is recalled by the inverted silver star which stands for the Medal of Honor he won for valor on board the battleship USS NEVADA.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/ddg-71.htm (815 words)

	USS NEVADA
		After receiving a torpedo port-forward, Nevada was able to swing clear of the burning Arizona--thanks to an extra boiler that had been lighted, giving her a 90 minute head-start in getting underway--at about 0840.
		Without the aid of tugs and the absence of her skipper, Nevada raced past Battleship Row, attracting a flight of Vals from Kaga that had been targeting Helena.
		The northernmost battleship in Battleship Row, Nevada was the only battleship able to get underway during the attack, making a dramatic dash for the open seas.
	1stbattalion3rdmarines.com /02-world-war-two/uss_nevada.htm (151 words)

	The Nevada Experience on KNPB Online
		Oral histories from USS Nevada veterans attending the Pearl Harbor 50th anniversary ceremonies are combined with archival still photographs and motion pictures to tell the story of the "ship that wouldn't sink."
		"Nevada’s Neon" also documents the rise and fall in popularity of neon, explores how business and art merge in the use of neon, and analyzes how much Nevada and neon mean to each other.
		Neon was being used in the mid to late 1920's, reached its stride with the completion of the transcontinental highways, and found its niche in Nevada, where gaming and tourism sought color and light to attract visitors and impart a jazzy look to the urban landscape.
	www.knpb.org /productions/nvexperience/episodes600.asp (799 words)

	Search Tuna Report for pearl harbor
		The USS California BB-44, USS Maryland BB-46, USS Tennessee BB-43 and USS Nevada BB-36 also suffered varying degrees of damage in the first half hour of the raid....
		USS ARIZONA In the Navy's known history, there has never been a ship that has taken so many of its crew down with her....
		Grey smoke in the center middle distance is from the torpedoed USS Helena CL-50, at the Navy Yard's 1010 dock....
	www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/3336.html (2135 words)

	Case 2
		This case focuses on the cruisers USS Raleigh and the USS Helena and the battleships USS Nevada and the USS California.
		It tries to show the personal impact on the individual sailors, including Joseph Taussig, the son of an admiral, who lost a leg in the attack on the USS Nevada.
		" USS Raleigh after she was torpedoed" (CL-7)
	digital.lib.ecu.edu /special/pearlharbor/ph/case2.html (224 words)

	Bulletin Board for USS Nevada - BB 36
		My Dad was on the USS Navada BB-36 his name is Robert J. Scheller and he was the youngest man on the ship.
		Looking for anyone who may have served on the USS Nevada during the early 1930s, or knows anyone who may have.
		I served on board the Nevada from late 1937 to 1940,as a member of the Quartermaster Gang.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageBulletinBoard/1,13492,200251,00.html (292 words)

	Alaska On-Line TV Programs
		USS Nevada (BB-36) beached and burning at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, after being hit forward by Japanese bombs and torpedoes.
		On Dec. 7, 1941, Al was a young machinist mate aboard USS Nevada.
		After the Nevada suffered numerous bomb hits, the chief quartermaster decided to beach Nevada to avoid having her sink in the channel.
	www.alaskaonlinetv.com /programs.html (310 words)

	USS Nevada (BB-36) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941
		USS Nevada (BB-36) Action Report: 7 Dec 1941
		Although the Nevada had been torpedoed and had received one or two bomb hits, Lieutenant Commander Thomas correctly decided that it was urgently necessary to get underway to avoid destruction of the ship due to the proximity of the Arizona which was surrounded with burning oil and afire from stem to stern.
		The Commanding Officer believes that all members of the crew of the Nevada who were aboard during the attack are deserving of special praise, and the courage and spirit of the crew both during and after the attack cannot be over-emphasized.
	www.history.navy.mil /docs/wwii/pearl/ph59.htm (3911 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship USS Nevada of the Nevada class
		USS Nevada (Capt. F.W. Scanland) was at Pearl Harbour on 7 December 1941.
		USS Nevada as reconstruced during the Second World War.
		Moored alone off Ford Island and was able to get under way, unlike the other 8 battleships but was hit by torpedo and several bombs while under way and beached at Hospital Point in order to avoid sinking in the channel and thus blocking it.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/5141.html (158 words)

	Navy Region Hawaii News
		On that day, USS Nevada was moored alone at the most easterly berth of “Battleship Row;” Bussell vividly remembered the attacks.
		Many considered Nevada lost, but she emerged from the geyser sprays with gaping holes in her hull and on fire.
		His combat experiences aboard the Nevada included the Aleutian Islands campaign, flagship convoy duty between the U.S. and England in preparation for D-Day, lead ship in the invasion of Normandy, the invasion of Cherbourg, and coastal shelling of German gun emplacements along southern France.
	www.hawaii.navy.mil /NewsPAO/NRHNews_display.asp?story_id=258 (712 words)

	MaritimeQuest - Battleships - USS Nevada BB-36
		Nevada BB-36, Oklahoma BB-37 and a Pennsylvania class battleship 1920's
		Nevada BB-36 and Texas BB-35 in Belfast Lough May 14, 1944
		New York BB-34, Nevada BB-36 and Oklahoma BB-37
	www.maritimequest.com /warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss_nevada_bb36.htm (37 words)

	USS Nevada BB-36, Battleship Development
		Middle photo Nevada is next seen in 1935, after her refit and reconstruction eight years earlier in 1927, when vast tripods replaced lattice masts, funnel was moved aft, and secondary battery raised from its vulnerable position on the main deck to the forecastle deck.
		Upper photo Along with her sister ship USS Oklahoma, the most formidable battleships in the world when completed in May, 1916, the month Jutland was fought.
		This 'all-or-nothing' system of armoring was universally adopted in other navies after World War I. The Nevadas were also the first American battleships to adopt oil fuel, and triple turrets.
	geocities.com /batdev/nevadabb-36class.html (718 words)

	Remembering Pearl Harbor
		At that time the USS Nevada (BB-36), despite her wounds, managed to get underway and move down the channel toward the open sea.
		The USS California (BB-44), USS Maryland (BB-46), USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS Nevada (BB-36) also suffered varying degrees of damage in the first half hour of the raid.
		American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor (the USS Arizona (BB-39) considered too badly damaged to be salvaged, the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) raised and considered too old to be worth repairing, and the obsolete USS Utah (AG-16) considered not worth the effort).
	journals.aol.com /gullspirit/PerishTheThought/entries/2074 (807 words)

	Welcome to ussnevada.com
		This site is dedicated to honoring the veterans who served on the battleship USS Nevada during World War II, from Pearl Harbor to D-Day to the end of the war in the Pacific.
		In 2006, the 53rd annual Nevada Reunion will be held in San Antonio, Texas.
		The gathering is scheduled for October 12-15 at the Historic Crockett Hotel, located across the street from the Alamo and less than 100 yards from the River Walk.
	www.ussnevada.com (126 words)

	ipedia.com: Hyman G. Rickover Article
		Rickover was commissioned as an ensign after graduation from the US Naval Academy in 1922, and served on the destroyer USS La Vallette (DD-315) and the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) before attending Columbia University, where he earned the degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.
		He was born to a Jewish family in Makow (at the time part of Russia, now in Poland) and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1905.
		It was commissioned in 1984, two years before the Admiral's death, making it one of the very few US Navy ships to be named for a living person.
	www.ipedia.com /hyman_g__rickover.html (665 words)

	A History of Ships Named Enterprise
		USS Enterprise might easily have been sunk had it not been for the anti-aircraft gunfire of the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57), which shot down a record 26 aircraft that day, a record which still stands.
		Planes from the USS Enterprise, the USS Essex (CV-9), the USS Intrepid (CV-11), USS Cabot (CVL-28), and USS Franklin (CV-13) sink the battleship Musashi.
		USS Enterprise was forced to jettison her armament in order to escape.
	starchive.cs.umanitoba.ca /?SNE (6524 words)

	HyperWar: USS Nevada (BB-36)
		"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Nevada
		Hit by 1 aerial torpedo and 6, or more, bombs during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Nevada was beached in the harbour entrance to prevent sinking.
		She rejoined the fleet a year later, after repairs and refitting at Puget Sound Navy Yard.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/BB/BB-36_Nevada.html (155 words)

	Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 Links Page
		USS Missouri, BB-63, Pictures from stop in Astoria, Oregon on her way to Pearl Harbor
		USS Colorado, BB-45, USS Colorado Alumni Association Website Link
		USS Samuel B. Roberts, DE-413, Association Website Link
	ussnewjersey.com /links.htm (1342 words)

	USS Nevada Battleship Surface Combatant Ships Navy Military Government United States North America Regional
		USS Nevada Battleship Surface Combatant Ships Navy Military Government United States North America Regional
		- Memories of the USS Nevada and World War II.
		Regional- North America- United States- Government- Military- Navy- Ships- Surface Combatant- Battleship- USS Nevada
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Surface_Combatant/Battleship/USS_Nevada (97 words)

	Battleship Veterans - USS Nevada
		Her decks littered with dead, wounded, and debris, an LCI comes along side NEVADA for medical aid and assistance.
		was killed in action on board USS Hornet during World War II Destroyer Escort USS Newell (DE 322) was named in his honor.
		The Kamikaze had no thought for the individual as long as some damage could be effected against his enemy.
	www.spclevents.com /ships/nev/nev.html (90 words)

	Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine: Lest We Forget
		had just relieved the officer of the deck on the battleship Nevada (BB-36) and was in the midst of executing morning colors when a Japanese bomber opened fire and shredded the National Ensign.
		Taussig sounded general quarters and rushed to his battle station, as the gunnery officer for the starboard antiaircraft batteries.
	www.usni.com /proceedings/Articles04/PRO10lwf.htm (784 words)

	USS NEVADA BB 36
		Some photographs and information on this website are taken from the USS Nevada book given to Ralph Potts after discharge.
		The USS Nevada banner and logo are trademarks of 'raisins'.
		Here is a listing of websites I have found for the U.S.S Nevada.
	www.geocities.com /ussnevadabb36 (108 words)

	World Wars and Other History Part 2
		Former USS Nevada (BB 36) Sailor Returns To The Past!
		On patrol north of the Philippine island of Luzon, USS Batfish destroyed three Japanese submarines in four nights
		U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II United State Submarine Veterans of World War II USS Underhill DE-682 In Memory of the Men Who Lost Their Lives on July 24, 1945
	diodon349.com /Site_Main_Pages/war2.htm (602 words)

	USS Nevada
		50) this.border=1" alt="Previews by Thumbshots"> U.S. Navy Battleships - USS Nevada (BB 36) facts, history, and images.
		50) this.border=1" alt="Previews by Thumbshots"> Ken Shaffer - Memories of the USS Nevada and World War II.
		Top: Regional: North America: United States: Government: Military: Navy: Ships: Surface Combatant: Battleship: USS Nevada (6)
	www.oobdoo.com /directory/Regional/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/SurfaceCombatant/Battleship/USSNevada (152 words)

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