Translate

Saturday 30 January 2016

American pre-dreadnought battleship USS Nebraska (BB-14) 1902-1922

Library of Congress. Original link

Of the Virginia-class. Laid down by Moran Brothers Shipbuilding, on 4 July 1902, launched on 7 October 1904, commissioned on 1 July 1907, decommissioned on 2 July 1920, stricken on 12 July 1922 due to the Naval Treaty of Washington of 1922 and sold to be broken up on 9 November 1923.(1)

Note
1. 1. A treaty between the United States, British Empire, Japan, France and Italy signed on 6 February 1922 as a result of the Washington Naval Conference between November 1921-February 1922 which intended to limit the total capitals ship tonnage of these five major powers.