USS Massachusetts (BB-59), known as "Big Mamie" to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class (along with her sister Alabama) to be donated for use as a museum ship. Massachusetts has the distinction of having fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war.
Laid down: July 20, 1939
Launched: September 23, 1941
Commissioned: May 12, 1942
Decommissioned: March 27, 1947
Struck: June 1, 1962
On the USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
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