The lead ship of her class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy
named in honor of the 16th US state. During World War II in the Pacific Theater , she
was damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 but was repaired and
modernized. She participated in shore bombardments at the Aleutian Islands, Tarawa, the
Marshall Islands, the Marianas , the Philippines, Iwo Jima , Okinawa among others. She
was also involved in the Battle of Surigao Strait, the final battleship vs. battleship conflict ever.

After the end of World War II, Tennessee was placed on reserve in the "mothball fleet"
for nearly 15 years before finally being scrapped in 1959.

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