Editing Tennessee-class battleship (section)

{{Short description|Dreadnought battleship class of the United States Navy}}
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| Ship image   = [[File:USS Tennessee BB43.jpg|300px|The U.S. Navy battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway on 12 May 1943. Tennessee was damaged in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 and was afterwards given a very extensive reconstruction. This gave her the enormous beam apparent in this photograph.]]
| Ship caption = USS ''Tennessee'' (BB-43), underway on 12 May 1943.
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name = ''Tennessee''-class battleship
|Builders =
*[[Brooklyn Navy Yard|New York Naval Shipyard]]
*[[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]]
| Operators = {{navy|United States|1912}}
|Class before = {{sclass|New Mexico|battleship|4}}
|Class after = {{sclass|Colorado|battleship|4}}
|Built range = 1916–1921
|In commission range = 1920–1947
|Total ships planned = 2
|Total ships completed = 2
|Total ships retired = 2
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Hide header =
| Header caption = (as built)
| Ship type = [[Dreadnought battleship]]
| Ship displacement = 
* [[Normal displacement|Normal]]: {{convert|32300|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}
* [[Full load]]: {{convert|33190|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} 
| Ship length = 
* {{convert|600|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} [[Length at the waterline|lwl]]
* {{convert|624|ft|m|abbr=on|1}} [[length overall|loa]]
| Ship beam = {{convert|97|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on|1}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|30|ft|2|in|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship power = 
*8 × [[Babcock & Wilcox boiler]]s
*{{convert|28600|shp|lk=on|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion =
*2 × [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] [[electric generator]]s
*4 × [[electric motor]]s
*4 × [[screw propeller]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|8000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
| Ship complement =
*57 officers
*1,026 enlisted
| Ship armament =
* 12 × [[14"/50 caliber gun|{{cvt|14|in|0}} guns]]
* 14 × [[5"/51 caliber gun|{{cvt|5|in|0}} guns]]
*  4 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{cvt|3|in|0}} guns]] 
*  2 × [[Mark 15 torpedo|{{cvt|21|in|0}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
| Ship armor =
* [[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|8|-|13.5|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Barbette]]s: {{convert|13|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Gun turret#Warships|Turret]] face: {{convert|18|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Conning tower]]: {{convert|16|in|abbr=on|0}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]s: {{convert|3.5|in|abbr=on|0}}
| Ship notes =
}}
|}

The '''''Tennessee'' class''' consisted of two [[dreadnought battleship]]s—{{USS|Tennessee|BB-43|2}} and {{USS|California|BB-44|2}}—built for the [[United States Navy]] in the late 1910s, part of the [[standard-type battleship|"standard" series]]. The [[ship class|class]] was in most respects a repeat of the preceding {{sclass|New Mexico|battleship|4}}, with the primary improvements being a significantly strengthened underwater protection system, and increased elevation of the [[main battery]] guns to allow them to fire at much greater ranges. They carried the same main battery of twelve {{convert|14|in|adj=on|0}} guns in four triple [[gun turret|turret]]s, and had the same top speed of {{convert|21|kn|lk=in}}. Both ships served in the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] for the duration of their careers, which included an extensive training program during the [[interwar period]] of the 1920s and 1930s.

Both ships were present in [[Battleship Row]] in [[Pearl Harbor]] when the [[attack on Pearl Harbor|Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941]]; ''California'' was torpedoed and sunk but ''Tennessee'' was only minimally damaged. ''California'' was refloated and both ships were heavily rebuilt between 1942 and 1944. The pair thereafter saw extensive service as [[naval gunfire support|bombardment vessels]] supporting the [[island-hopping campaign]] across the central Pacific. ''Tennessee'' took part in the [[Aleutian Islands campaign]] in mid-1943, the [[Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign]] in late 1943 and early 1944, and the [[Mariana and Palau Islands campaign]] in mid-1944, by which time ''California'' had returned to the fleet as well.

They both took part in the [[Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)|Philippines campaign]] in late 1944, and were present at the [[Battle of Surigao Strait]] on 24 October, the final battleship engagement in history. A refit for ''Tennessee'' kept her from participating in the [[Battle of Lingayen Gulf]] in January 1945, where ''California'' was hit by a [[kamikaze]], which in turn kept her from supporting [[USMC|Marine Corps]] troops during the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]. ''Tennessee'' was heavily engaged in the fighting there and the subsequent [[Battle of Okinawa]], where she, too, was hit by a kamikaze. The two ships spent the rest of the war patrolling the [[East China Sea]] until the official [[surrender of Japan|Japanese surrender]] in September. After briefly participating in the [[occupation of Japan]], they were recalled to the United States and assigned to the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]]. They remained there until 1959, when they were sold for [[scrap]].