USS Wyoming (BB-32)

Wyoming, c. 1912–13
History
United States
Name	Wyoming
Namesake	Wyoming
Ordered	3 March 1909
Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Yard number	365
Laid down	9 February 1910
Launched	25 May 1911
Commissioned	25 September 1912
Decommissioned	1 August 1947
Stricken	16 December 1947
Fate	Sold for scrap, 30 October 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Wyoming-class battleship
Displacement	Normal: 26,000 long tons (26,000 t) Full load: 27,243 long tons (27,680 t)
Length	562 ft (171 m) (overall) 554 ft (169 m) (waterline)
Beam	93 ft 3 in (28.42 m)
Draft	28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) (mean) 29 ft 7 in (9.02 m) (max)
Installed power	12 × Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired water-tube boilers 28,000 shp (20,880 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons steam turbines 4 × screw propellers
Speed	20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (design) 21.22 kn (39.30 km/h; 24.42 mph) (trials)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	1,063 officers and enlisted
Armament	12 × 12 in (305 mm)/50 caliber Mark 7 guns 21 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 cal guns 4 × 3-pounder 47 mm (1.85 in)/40 cal saluting guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged)
Armor	Belt: 5–11 in (127–279 mm) Turret face: 12 in (305 mm) Barbettes: 11 in Conning tower: 11.5 in (292 mm) Decks: 1.5–2.5 in (38–64 mm)
General characteristics 1925-27 refit
Displacement	Normal: 26,100 long tons (26,500 t) Full load: 31,000 long tons (31,000 t)
Draft	32 ft (9.8 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × White-Forster oil-fired boilers
Armament	12 × 12 in/50 caliber Mark 7 guns 16 × 5 in/51 caliber guns (reduced in 1919) 4 × 3-pounder saluting guns 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber AA guns (added in 1919)
Aircraft carried	3 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities	1 × catapult (fitted on Turret 3)
General characteristics 1931 refit
Displacement	Normal: 26000 LT Full load: 27243 LT
Draft	28 ft 6 in (mean) 29 ft 7 in (max)
Armament	6 × 12 in/50 caliber Mark 7 guns (turrets 3, 4, and 5 removed) 16 × 5 in/51 caliber guns 4 × 3-pounder saluting guns 2 × 3 in/50 caliber AA guns
Aircraft carried	Aircraft removed
Aviation facilities	Catapult removed
General characteristics 1944 refit
Armament	Remaining 12 in guns removed 10 × 5 in/38 caliber dual-purpose guns 4 × 3 in/50 caliber AA guns 4 × 3-pounder saluting guns 6 × 40 mm Bofors guns (3 × 2) 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns (2 × 2) 2 × Mk 17 rocket launchers

USS Wyoming (BB-32) was the lead ship of her class of dreadnought battleships and was the third ship of the United States Navy named Wyoming, although she was only the second named in honor of the 44th state.^[a] Wyoming was laid down at the William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia in February 1910, was launched in May 1911, and was completed in September 1912. She was armed with a main battery of twelve 12-inch (305 mm) guns and capable of a top speed of 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph).

During the First World War, she was part of the Battleship Division Nine, which was attached to the British Grand Fleet as the 6th Battle Squadron. During the war, she was primarily tasked with patrolling in the North Sea and escorting convoys to Norway. She served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets throughout the 1920s, and in 1931–1932, she was converted into a training ship according to the terms of the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Wyoming served as a training ship throughout the 1930s, and in November 1941, she became a gunnery ship. She operated primarily in the Chesapeake Bay area, which earned her the nickname "Chesapeake Raider". In this capacity, she trained some 35,000 gunners for the hugely expanded US Navy during World War II. She continued in this duty until 1947, when she was decommissioned on 1 August and subsequently sold for scrap; she was broken up in New York starting in December 1947.
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