Name superintending constructor J.G. Tawresey, contract signed on 24 November 1908, expiration of contract period on 24 July 1911, lines faired on 8 December 1908, first hull material ordered on 7 December 1908, keel laid down 15 March 1909, first frame erected on 18 March 1909, first large castings received on 17 April 1909, first large castings erected on 13 March 1909, first armor plate fitted on 25 August 1909, first compartment tested on 14 June 1909, launched on 23 December 1909, official trail between 26 June and 1 July 1911, estimated degree of completion on 30 June 1911 99.2%, delivered to the government on 30 August 1911 and first commissioned on 31 August 1911.(1)
Note
1. BB-31. Part of the Florida-class battleships, preceded by Delaware-class, succeeded by Wyoming-class, built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, sunk at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during a Japanese air attack on 7 December 1941, decommissioned on 5 September 1944 and stricken on 13 November 1944.
Source
Annual reports of the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1911. Washington, 1912. Report of Chief Bureau of Construction and Repair dated 24 October 1911. The annual fiscal year ended 30 June 1911.
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