USN · BB
Washington
Photos and infoNorth Carolina-class battleship. On the night of 14-15 November 1942 she was Rear Admiral Lee's flagship off Savo Island. The Japanese did not see her while they were shooting at South Dakota. She opened with 16-inch guns at about 8,400 yards and wrecked Kirishima. She was not hit.
| Class | North Carolina class |
|---|---|
| Type | Battleship (BB) |
| Hull | BB-56 |
| Fate | Afloat. Lee's flagship on the battleship night off Guadalcanal, 14-15 November 1942. Her 16-inch gunfire wrecked Kirishima. Not hit. Survived the war. |
| Armament (class) | Three triple 16-inch turrets and two funnels. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
US Navy Employee. USS Washington (BB-56) at sea in mid-Atlantic, circa April 1942.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Benson, Howard H. J.Captain from 15 May 1941Relieved in July 1942
Davis, Glenn Benson Sr.Captain, 25 July 1942 – 27 April 1943
Lee, Willis AugustusFlag, not her captain, 15 November 1942JMMaher, James EdwardCaptain, 27 April 1943 – 23 April 1944
Cooley, Thomas Ross Jr.Captain, 23 April 1944 – 16 November 1944
Good, Roscoe FletcherCaptain, 16 November 1944 – 5 June 1945
McInerney, Francis XavierCaptain, 5 June 1945 – July 1946
Eccles, Henry EffinghamCaptain, July 1946 – 2 April 1947AWWright, Archie Taylor Jr.Captain, 2 April 1947 – 27 June 1947Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
1942-11-15 · Lee's flagship; wrecked Kirishima; not hit
Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · with the carrier group
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · shelled Kwajalein Atoll
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · in the screen under air attack
Iwo Jima
1945-02-19 · 16-inch fire, 19 to 22 February
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · shelled positions on the island
