The first United States battleships (though they were not called such at the time) were the heavy-armored cruisers USS Maine (ACR-1) and USS Texas. The first ship of the United States Navy actually classified as a battleship and given a "BB" hull classification symbol was USS Indiana (BB-1). In total, the United States has commissioned 57 "BB" battleships. They may be grouped as the pre-Dreadnoughts, BB-25 and earlier; the dreadnoughts, BB-26 through BB-54; and the fast battleships, BB-55 and later.USS Iowa (BB-4) was unique.
Kearsarge class:
Illinois class: Maine class: Virginia class:- USS Virginia (BB-13)
- USS Nebraska (BB-14)
- USS Georgia (BB-15)
- USS New Jersey (BB-16)
- USS Rhode Island (BB-17)
- USS Connecticut (BB-18)
- USS Louisiana (BB-19)
- USS Vermont (BB-20)
- USS Kansas (BB-21)
- USS Minnesota (BB-22)
- USS New Hampshire (BB-25)
- USS Colorado (BB-45)
- USS Maryland (BB-46)
- USS Washington (BB-47) (launched but cancelled before commissioning)
- USS West Virginia (BB-48)
South Dakota class (keels laid down for the but the entire class was cancelled before they were launched):
- USS South Dakota (BB-49)
- USS Indiana (BB-50)
- USS Montana (BB-51)
- USS North Carolina (BB-52)
- USS Iowa (BB-53)
- USS Massachusetts (BB-54)
- USS Iowa (BB-61)
- USS New Jersey (BB-62)
- USS Missouri (BB-63)
- USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
- USS Illinois (BB-65) (cancelled)
- USS Kentucky (BB-66) (cancelled)
- USS Montana (BB-67)
- USS Ohio (BB-68)
- USS Maine (BB-69)
- USS New Hampshire (BB-70)
- USS Louisiana (BB-71)
No American battleship has ever been lost at sea, though some have been sunk in port and others sunk as targets.
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