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Thursday 11 August 2016

American battleships USS Wyoming and Arkansas executing their trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1912-1913 no. 6

Wyoming-class

An item referred to the German magazine Schiffbau which reported that the American battleship USS Wyoming (1) achieved a trial speed of 22,45 miles. The USS Arkansas (2) achieved during her runs a maximum speed of 21,493 miles, a medium speed during 5 runs of 21,153 miles, during the 4 hours trials medium speed of 20,52 miles and during the 2 hours trial a medium speed of 20,989 miles. Maximum developed horsepower was 29.271 hp.

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1. Laid down at William Cramp&Sons, Philadelphia, USA on 9 February 1910, launched by Dorothy Eunice Knight on 25 May 1911, commissioned on 25 September 1912, converted into a training ship between 1931-1932, gunnery training ship since November 1941, , decommissioned on 1 August 1947, stricken on 16 September 1947 and sold to be broken up on 30 October 1947 which was executed by Lipsett Incorporated at Newark after her arrival at New York on 5 December 1947. The BB-32. Of the Wyoming-class with as sister ship Arkansas (BB-33).
2. Laid down at New York Shipbuilding Corporation on 25 January 1910, launched by Mary Louise Macon on 14 January 1911, commissioned on 17 September 1912,sunk as part of the Operation Crosssroads (nuclear weapon test) at the Bikini Atol on 25 July 1946, decommissioned on 29 July 1946 and stricken on 15 August 1946. Of the Wyoming-class with as sister ship Wyoming (BB-32).