Major combatant ships added to United States Fleet 7 December 1941-1 October 1945
Type & No.
Name
Comm. Date
Total
Remarks
BATTLESHIPS
BB
57
SOUTH DAKOTA
20 Mar. 1942
58
INDIANA
30 Apr. 1942
59
MASSACHUSETTS
12 May 1942
60
ALABAMA
16 Aug. 1942
61
IOWA
22 Feb. 1943
62
NEW JERSEY
23 May 1943
63
MISSOURI
11 June 1944
64
WISCONSIN
16 Apr. 1944
8
HEAVY CRUISERS
CA
68
BALTIMORE
15 Apr. 1943
69
BOSTON
30 June 1943
70
CANBERRA
14 Oct. 1943
71
QUINCY
15 Dec. 1943
72
PITTSBURG
19 Oct. 1944
73
SAINT PAUL
17 Feb. 1945
74
COLUMBUS
8 June 1945
75
HELENA
4 Sept. 1945
130
BREMERTON
29 Apr. 1945
131
FALL RIVER
1 July 1945
132
MACON
26 Aug. 1945
135
LOS ANGELES
22 July 1945
136
CHICAGO
10 Jan. 1945
13
LARGE CRUISERS
CB
1
ALASKA
17 June 1944
2
GUAM
17 Sept. 1944
2
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Publication Information: Book Title: U. S. Navy at War, 1941-1945: Official Reports to the Secretary of the Navy. Contributors: Ernest J. King - author. Publisher: United States Navy Department. Place of Publication: Washington, DC. Publication Year: 1946. Page Number: 252.
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