Completion status of the American battleship USS Arkansas on 30 June 1911

Dutch magazine De Prins dated 21 February 1914

Returning at New York from cruising the Atlantic Ocean

Florida-class

Wyoming-class

New York-class

Name superintending constructor J.G. Tawresey, contract signed on 25 September 1909, expiration of contract period on 25 May 1912, lines faired on 13 December 1909, first hull material ordered on 22 September 1909, keel laid down on 25 January 1910, first frame erected on 28 January 1910, first large castings received on 9 March 1910, first large castings erected on 9 June 1910, first armor plate fitted on 21 June 1910, first compartment tested on 18 May 1910, launched on 14 January 1911, estimated degree of completion on 30 June 1911 68.8%. (1)

Note

1. BB-33. Part of the Wyoming-class battleships, preceded by Florida-class, succeeded by New York-class, commissioned on 17 September 1912, sunk in the nuclear test operation Crossroads on 25 July 1946, decommissioned on 29 July 1946 and stricken on 15 August 1946.

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.