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Have You Heard of the USS Wyoming?
Stories of the Lead Dreadnought Battleship Have You Heard of the USS Wyoming?
When World War I started, the Wyoming departed for Britain. On Feb. 6, she began her first war operation alongside eight British destroyers by escorting a convoy to Stavanger, Norway. Her firepower was a tremendous boon to the American Navy, but she wasn’t a lead ship yet. In those early days, they struggled with false reports of U-boat sightings — and yet, in a strange twist of fate, the USS New York collided with a U-boat. Although it didn’t sink, damages left the USS Wyoming to be the flagship of the Navy division. She’d later help the USS George Washington escort President Woodrow Wilson to the peace negotiations in Paris. When World War II started, the USS Wyoming began to really shine for her weaponry. Over the course of the war, the Wyoming was used to train nearly 35,000 gunners on seven different types of guns. Because of her extensive use as a gunnery training ship, she fired more ammunition than any other ship in the fleet during the war. On Oct. 30, 1947, sadly, the USS Wyoming was finally sold for scraps. In honor of her service to our country, we applaud her and the generation of Americans who helped her thrive on the seas.
Wyoming has a beautiful name that’s rich with history. As we mentioned about its origin in the last edition, many historical feats have been named after the state. In fact, before and during World War I, the lead ship of dreadnought battleships in the United States Navy was named the USS Wyoming (BB-32). The Wyoming was actually the second ship named in honor of the 44th state, but it has the most prestigious career as a participant in both World War I and World War II. Her plans were laid down at the William Cramp & Sons company in Philadelphia in February 1910 and completed in September 1912. The USS Wyoming was 562 feet long, and — as dreadnoughts were designed in those days — she was absolutely armed to the teeth with artillery and turrets. She boasted a main battery of 12 12”/50 caliber Mark 7 guns paired with six Mark 9 twin-gun turrets and a second battery with over 21 5”/51 caliber guns along the hull of the ship. The USS Wyoming was a powerful dreadnought of its time.
In her early career, she traversed Cuba and the Mediterranean Sea, stopping in Valletta, Malta; Naples, Italy; and Villefranche, France.
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