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Pennsylvania-class battleship

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 7, 2016 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 04:01, 19 November 2016 (UTC)



The Pennsylvania class consisted of two super-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy just before the First World War. The ships were named USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and USS Arizona (BB-39), after the American states of the same names. They were the newest American capital ships when the United States entered the First World War, but saw limited use in that War. Both Pennsylvania and Arizona were present during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Arizona was sunk in a massive magazine explosion and was turned into a memorial after the war, while Pennsylvania, in dry dock at the time, received only minor damage. Pennsylvania went on to serve as a shore bombardment ship for most of the remainder of the war, an exception being the October 1944 Battle of Surigao Strait, the last battle ever between battleships. Pennsylvania was severely damaged by a torpedo on 12 August 1945, the day before the cessation of hostilities. With minimal repairs, she was used in Operation Crossroads, part of the Bikini atomic experiments, before being expended as a target ship in 1948.
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 * Promoted: May 19, 2013
 * Reasons for nomination: December 7 is the 75th anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Both Pennsylvania-class battleships were in Pearl Harbor for the attack. The USS Arizona Memorial  commemorates the events of that day.
 * Support as nominator. Halgin (talk) 20:54, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  11:05, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per nom, thanks ! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 17:02, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Support - anniversary and notable history topic Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:33, 8 November 2016 (UTC)