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The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was a large, powerful American battleship of the Pennsylvania-class featuring twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets, two torpedo tubes, and an "all-or-nothing" armor scheme with a 13.5-inch belt. Powered by four Curtis steam turbines and twelve boilers, it could reach 21 knots and had a length of 608 feet. The ship was commissioned in 1916, survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and was later sunk as a target in the 1946 atomic tests at Bikini A

Sailors serving on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in peacetime witnessed the flagship's service with the Atlantic Fleet and then the merged Battle Fleet, sailing along the East Coast and in the Caribbean, and taking part in various exercises off the West Coast, including Fleet Problems. The Pennsylvania was a prestigious symbol of the U.S. Navy during the interwar period, a time of naval strength and expansion, with a focus on its formidable armament of twelve 14-inch guns and its role as a leadin