To: Elsiejay
I very much doubt that there is an American battleship commissioned and in service.
Dispositions of all existing US Battleships.
ex-USS Texas: rusting away at the San Jacinto Battlefield, fund-raising underway to save her via dry-berthing.
ex-USS North Carolina: on display (in good condition) in Wilmington NC
ex-USS Massachusetts: on display (in fair condition) in Fall River MA
ex-USS Alabama: on display (in fair condition) in Mobile AL
ex-USS Iowa: rusting away in the Suisin Bay Reserve Fleet, CA. Looking for a good home
ex-USS New Jersey: on display (in fair/good condition and improving) in Camden NJ
ex-USS Missouri: on display (in excellent condition) in Pearl Harbor, HI
ex-USS Wisconsin: on display (in good condition, although interior remains sealed) in Norfolk, VA.
There's also the Armored Cruiser ex-USS Olympia, which predates pre-dreadnoughts (and therefore the term "Battleship), which is rusting to pieces in Philadelphia PA - having now been pretty much abandoned by her caretakers.
To: tanknetter
Correction to the above: ex-USS Texas IS on display. Rusting/Dry-berthing still apply.
To: tanknetter
"There's also the Armored Cruiser ex-USS Olympia, which predates pre-dreadnoughts (and therefore the term "Battleship), which is rusting to pieces in Philadelphia PA - having now been pretty much abandoned by her caretakers. "I'm sorry to hear this. We visited her numerous times over the years, but haven't been there recently. Is she owned by the Seaport Museum?
To: tanknetter
I sincerely hope they can find the money to move the Texas to a dry berth; she is the only World War I-era dreadnought still in existence and worthy of preservation. USS Texas is literally the last link to the “dawn” of the battleship era.
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