The sinking of the Nevada could essentially block the harbor, and so Japan’s dive bombers turned their attention to the ship. USS Nevada on fireĪs she wasn’t sandwiched between two vessels like most of the other battleships, the Nevada was able to maneuver the close quarters, but this also made her a prime target. Moored at Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, the crew of the Nevada was immediately aware of the attack as smoke and fire erupted from her neighboring vessel, the USS Arizona. The Second Great Warīetween the end of World War I and the start of World War II, the USS Nevada experienced a period of relative peace, but all of that changed on a quiet Sunday morning in December, 1941. Though the German fleet was active, the Nevada went through the entire war without once engaging the enemy. Upon her arrival in Ireland, the Nevada joined the USS Utah and Oklahoma as the Bantry Bay Squadron, which was charged with escorting convoys to the British Isles. When the United States entered the war in 1917, the Nevada was initially stuck in the United States due to a fuel shortage, but by August of 1918, she was sent to Britain to finally join the fleet that was waiting overseas. Not long after her launch, the Nevada was sent off to war during the course of World War I.

The advanced battleship had a lengthy service with the Navy with her initial launch in 1914. Outfitted with triple gun turrets, geared steam turbines, oil fuel, and sturdier armor than her predecessors, the Nevada became known as the first of the US Navy’s “super-dreadnoughts,” a title she shared with the Oklahoma.

The Nevada may be remembered for her place at Pearl Harbor, but she deserves accolades for the deeds she played a part in throughout the length of her commission. On the northeastern edge of Battleship Row sat the USS Nevada (BB-36), one of two Nevada-class battleships present that morning. The USS Arizona and USS Oklahoma, two of Pearl Harbor’s ill-fated vessels, were moored there and received the brunt of the Japanese attack, but they were far from the only tragedies felt that day. On December 7th, 1941, eight battleships were moored in a grouping at Pearl Harbor, making up what’s become known as Battleship Row.

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