Encyclopedia > USS New Hampshire

  Article Content

USS New Hampshire

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name New Hampshire, after the ninth state, as well as another that was never completed.

The first New Hampshire was one of the "nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each" authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816, but was not launched until 1864, thereafter serving as a stores and depot ship, and then used for training until an accidental fire in 1921.

The second New Hampshire (BB-25), a battleship, was commissioned 1908 and sold for scrapping in 1923.

A New Hampshire (BB-70) was authorized in 1940 but cancelled in 1943, before the keel was even laid.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Great River, New York

... town located in Suffolk County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,546. Geography Great River is located at 40°43'29" North, ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 36.5 ms