Comments on: Battlewagon Wednesday

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:37:23 +0000

So the Oregon BB-3, Nebraska BB-14, and California BB-44 are the only battleships built on the west coast?

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:46:40 +0000

UPDATE: Controversy over the skateboard event: Battleship Skaters an Outrage

By: Murdoc Online » Battlewagon Wednesday - 04 Feb 2009

Murdoc Online » Battlewagon Wednesday - 04 Feb 2009 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:44:24 +0000

[...] previous edition of Battlewagon Wednesday linked to a skateboarding event held aboard USS North Carolina (BB 55). It seems that not everyone [...]

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:38:53 +0000

Also, it turns out that the USS Nebraska (BB 14) was built in Seattle. She was a pre-dreadnought.

Googling around turns up a lot of hits that claim the California was the only battleship built on the West Coast. Seems to be a common misconception.

Not that I’m making excuses. I think somewhere someone made the claim about the California being the only dreadnought built on the WC, someone didn’t know what a dreadnought was and looked it up. The definition in Webster’s was “battleship” and they wrote “only battleship built on the West Coast.”

By: Murdoc

Murdoc — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:03:50 +0000

Brian: Hmmm. You’re right.

I’ve always thought that California was it. Maybe it was only dreadnought-era battleship.

I’ll update the post.

Thanks.

By: Brian Dunbar

Brian Dunbar — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:08:49 +0000

The only battleship built on the West Coast.

USS Oregon (BB-3) was constructed at Union Iron Works.San Francisco.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:47:12 +0000

Out of respect for the BB 59 and the BB 67, I bought a BB gun for my kid for Christmas.