History - 1910 to Present

The links above and below will display the same specific time periods.  Each period contains detailed data and related links to specific information found in maps, photos, movement logs, newspaper articles and other data.

Distances below are conversions to statute miles from the recorded nautical miles.  Conversion of 1.15 statute mile per nautical mile
TIME PERIOD AREA MILES PER PERIOD TOTAL MILES EVENTS  
22 Mar - 24 June 1910       Authorization as part of the Navy appropriation bill  
June 1910 - March 1914 US East Coast 2,850 2,850 First filming of US Navy ship commissioning.  All electric galleys.  

Most powerfully gunned ship in existence

  
Mar-Dec 1914 US East Coast

East coast of Mexico

 16,873 18,703 May - Aug 1914

4 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918       WORLD WAR I  
Jan 1915 - Apr 1917 US east coast Caribbean 49,625 68,328 Rescues passengers from damaged ship RYNDAM  
6 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918       US in World War I

6 Apr 1917 - 30 Jan 1918 US east coast 13,367 81,695 In York River, Va. when America enters World War I  
11 Feb - 11 Nov 1918 North Sea 12,257 93,952 3 suspected submarine encounters 

Franklin D Roosevelt visit, Firth of Forth, Scotland - 29 Aug 1918

  
Nov - Dec 1918 Return from Europe to East Coast 5,783 99,735 Interment of the German High Seas Fleet - 21 Nov 1918

Escort for President Wilson, into Brest France

  
Jan - July 1919 East Coast, Caribbean 15,894 115,629 1st airplane flight off a American battleship - turret platform

First airplane crossing of the Atlantic Ocean

  
July 1919 - Jan 1924 West Coast, South America 61,343 176,972 July 1919, 1st of 16 Panama Canal crossings  
Jan 1924 - July 1925 East Coast, Caribbean Europe 26,811 203,783 June 1924, 1st of 4 US Naval Academy midshipmen cruises  
July 1925 - Aug 1927 East Coast, Caribbean 17,996 221,779 Modernization dry dock - major interior and exterior changes  
Aug 1927 - Mar 1931 East Coast, West Coast Caribbean 101,202 322,981 Flag ship of the United States Navy.  Transports President Calvin Coolidge to Havana, Cuba, Jan 1928, First USN ship to have "talkies", in 1930.  Charles Lindbergh visit, Panama Canal, Feb 1929.  
Mar 1931 - June 1937 West Coast (21 Apr to 20 Oct 1934 - Atlantic) 124,552 447,533    
June 1937 - 1 Sept 1939 East Coast, Caribbean Canada, Europe 59,063 506,596 Test ship for radar - 1939. US Naval Academy Midshipmen cruises of 1938 and 1939  
1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945       WORLD WAR II  
1 Sep 1939 - 7 Dec 1941 East Coast, Caribbean Canada, South America 54,732 (to 11 dec 1941) 561,328 US Naval Academy Midshipmen cruise of 1940

German submarine U-203 incident - 20 June 1941

7 Dec 1941 - 2 Sep 1945       US IN WORLD WAR II  
Dec 1941 - late Oct 1942 Canada, Africa Scotland, Iceland, Caribbean 1,035 (12-31 Dec 1941) 562,363 Atlantic crossings  
Late Oct - end of Dec 1942 Africa 39,330 (1942) 601,693 7 - 15 Nov - North Africa Invasion

Walter Cronkite aboard

Jan 1943 - Apr 1944 Africa, Gibraltar, Scotland, N.Ireland 41,400 (1943) 643,093 Atlantic crossings  
Apr - mid June 1944 France, England     6-18 June - Normandy invasion, France

General Eisenhower visit, N. Ireland, 19 May 1944

Mid June - early July 1944 France, England. N.Ireland     25 June - Cherbourg battle, France above award - part of 6 - 18 June Normandy invasion
Early July - early Sept 1944 N. Ireland, Algeria, Italy, France, Sicily     15 - 17 Aug - Southern France Invasion

Sep 1944 - Feb 1945 East Coast, West Coast, Pacific 29,785 (1944) 672,878 Preparation for Pacific operations  
Feb - Mar 1945 Pacific     Iwo Jima (Japan) Invasion

March - May 1945 Pacific     Okinawa (Japan) Invasion

May - Sep 1945 Pacific 21,000 (1 Sep 1945) 693,878 Philippines/Okinawa

Sep - Dec 1945 Pacific, West Coast 25,575 (Sep - Dec 1945) 719,453 Magic Carpet - returning troops from the Pacific  
Jan 1946 - Apr 1948 West Coast, Caribbean, East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Houston ship channel, San Jacinto Battleground 5,980 (1946)

2,875 (1948)

 725,433

728,308

 Decommissioned 21 Apr 1948, San Jacinto Battleground, LaPorte TX (near Houston)  
Apr 1948 - Dec 1988 San Jacinto Battleground        
Dec 1988 - July 1990 Houston ship channel, Galveston Bay 57 (1988)

80 (1990)

 728,365

728,445

 Dry dock - Galveston TX

Greens Bayou - near San Jacinto Battleground - Feb 1990

  
July 1990 - present San Jacinto Battle Ground     Return to San Jacinto - restoration continues

French Government awards "Knighthood of the National order of Merit - 1991

BB35 recognized by the "National Trust for Historic Preservation" - 1993