USS Washington (BB-47)

Incomplete hull of USS Washington (1922)
History
United States
Name	Washington
Namesake	Washington
Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	30 June 1919
Launched	1 September 1921
Stricken	8 February 1922
Fate	Sunk as target, 25 November 1924
General characteristics
Class and type	Colorado class
Displacement	32,600 long tons (33,100 t)
Length	624 ft (190 m)
Beam	97 ft 6 in (29.72 m)
Draft	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	1,354 officers and men
Armament	8 × 16 in (406 mm)/45 caliber guns 20 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 caliber guns 8 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 caliber antiaircraft guns
Armor	Belt: 8–13.5 in (203–343 mm) Barbettes: 13 in (330 mm) Turret face: 18 in (457 mm) Turret sides: 9–10 in (229–254 mm) Turret top: 5 in (127 mm) Turret rear 9 in (229 mm) Conning tower: 11.5 in (292 mm) Decks: 3.5 in (89 mm)

USS Washington (BB-47), a Colorado-class battleship, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 30 June 1919, at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 1 September 1921, sponsored by Miss Jean Summers, the daughter of Congressman John W. Summers of Washington.

On 8 February 1922, two days after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments, all construction work ceased on the 75.9%-completed superdreadnought. She was sunk as a gunnery target on 26 November 1924, by the battleships New York and Texas.^[1][2]