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USS Nebraska (BB-14)
nor John H. Mickey of Nebraska; and commissioned on 1
July 1907, Captain Reginald F. Nicholson in command.
Pre-World War I
After shakedown and alterations, the new battleship
joined the "Great White Fleet" at San Francisco on 6 May
1908, replacing Alabama.
Departing San Francisco on 7 July 1908, the Fleet vis-
ited Honolulu, Hawaii; Auckland, New Zealand; Sydney
and Melbourne, Australia; Manila, Philippine Islands;
Yokohama, Japan; and Colombo, Ceylon, arriving Suez,
Egypt on 3 January 1909. Departing Messina, Italy on the
9th, the Fleet visited Naples, Italy and Gibraltar, arriving
Nebraska off of New York City Hampton Roads on 22 February, where President
Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the fleet as it passed into
Career (United
the roadstead.
States)
Laid down: 4 July 1902
Launched: 7 October 1904
Commissioned: 1 July 1907
Decommissioned: 2 July 1920
Fate: Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Displacement: 16,094 tons (16,352 metric tons)
Length: 441 ft 3 in (134.49 m)
Beam: 76 ft 2 in (23.22 m)
Draft: 25 ft 10 in (7.87 m) Nebraska tied up in the Brooklyn Navy Shipyard on the right.
Speed: 19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h) Connecticut is the battleship on the left
Complement: 1,108 officers and enlisted Nebraska continued duty with the Atlantic Fleet. She
Armament: attended the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in 1910 and the
4 × 12 in (300 mm)/40 cal guns, 8 × 8 in (200 mm)/
45 cal guns, 12 × 6 in (150 mm)/50 cal guns, 24Louisiana Centennial in 1912. She earned the Mexican
×
1-pounders (37 mm (1.5 in)), 4 × .30 in (7.6 mm)
Service Medal for operations at Veracruz, Mexico from
machine guns, 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubesMay-21 June 1914 and 1 June-13 October 1916. After a
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period of reduced commissioned service, she was again
USS Nebraska (BB-14) was a Virginia-class pre-dread- placed in full commission on 3 April 1917.
nought battleship of the United States Navy. She was the
first ship to carry her name.
World War I
History When war was declared on 6 April 1917, Nebraska was un-
dergoing repairs at the Boston Navy Yard, attached to the
Nebraska was laid down by Moran Brothers, Seattle, 3rd Division, Battleship Force, Atlantic Fleet. On 13 April,
Washington on 4 July 1902; launched on 7 October 1904; she departed Boston to engage in maneuvers and battle
sponsored by Miss Mary Nain Mickey, daughter of Gover- practice with the fleet in the Chesapeake Bay area. She
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia USS Nebraska (BB-14)
operated along the east coast, primarily training armed age to return veterans from France ended when she ar-
guard crews for American merchantmen, until entering rived Newport News on 21 June with 1,279 troops.
the Norfolk Navy Yard on 15 April 1918 for repairs. On 22 June, Nebraska was detached from the transport
At Hampton Roads on 16 May, she received on board service and shortly thereafter sailed to join Division 2,
the body of the late Carlos M. DePena, Envoy Extraor- Squadron 1, Pacific Fleet for operations along the west
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Uruguay, with coast—under command of Captain P. N. Olmstead - until
full honors, departing Hampton Roads the same day and she decommissioned on 2 July 1920.
arriving Montevideo on 10 June in company with Pitts- In accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty lim-
burgh, flagship of the Pacific Fleet. The Commander in iting naval armament, Nebraska was declared "incapable
Chief of the Pacific Fleet came aboard for the ceremonies, of further warlike service" on 9 November 1923 and sold
and the body of the late Uruguyan Minister to the United for scrap a few weeks later.
States was transferred with full honors. Nebraska depart-
ed Montevideo on 15 June for home, arriving Hampton
Roads on 26 July.
References
The battleship departed New York on 17 September • Alden, John D. American Steel Navy: A Photographic
as principal escort for a fast merchant convoy of 18 ships History of the U.S. Navy from the Introduction of the Steel
to an eastern Atlantic rendezvous, returning to Hampton Hull in 1883 to the Cruise of the Great White Fleet.
Roads on 3 October. Nebraska made two more convoy Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989.
voyages in the Atlantic, returning from the latter on 2 ISBN 0870212486
December to prepare for service in returning American • Friedman, Norman. U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated
troops from France. Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute
Press, 1985. ISBN 0870217151
• Reilly, John C. and Robert L. Scheina. American
Inter-war period Battleships 1996-1923: Predreadnought Design and
Nebraska made four voyages from the United States to Construction. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute
Brest, France, transporting 4,540 troops to and from the Press, 1980. ISBN 0870215248
United States. On the first trip, she departed Hampton
Roads on 30 December, arrived Brest on 11 January 1919,
and returned Newport News on 28 January. The final voy-
External links
• Maritimequest USS Nebraska BB-14 Photo Gallery
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