Two experimental second-class battleships, of about 6000 tons, begun in the late 1880s (Maine and Texas).These warships can be conveniently divided into four main groups: The second building phase began in 1937 and was effectively finished in 1944 with the commissioning of USS Missouri (BB-63), the last of ten battleships completed during this period. The first, corresponding to the rise of the United States to first-class naval rank, began in 1888 and came to an abrupt halt with the signing of the Naval Limitations Treaty in 1922. Though the building rate averaged almost exactly one per year, it was not a steady process, but was concentrated in two phases. Another twenty battleships and battle cruisers (three more "classes") were begun or planned, but not completed. During this almost six-decade-long era, 59 battleships of 23 different basic designs (or "classes") were completed for the Navy. Navy battleship construction began with the keel laying of the Maine in 1888 and ended with the suspension of the incomplete Kentucky (BB-66) in 1947. For the sake of completeness, these two ships are included at the beginning of this page's "BB" series.
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In addition, the Navy's first two "modern" battleships (rated as "Second Class Battleships") never received hull numbers. For convenience, all of these ships are listed below under the appropriate numbers in the "BB" series.
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They were, however, referred to by "Battleship Number", with that number corresponding to the "BB" number formally assigned in July 1920, or which would have been assigned if the ship had still been on the Navy list.
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Navy Battleships did not officially have "BB" series hull numbers.