Title -  Dreadnought Battleship USS ARKANSAS (BB-33)
 
Description -  Built by the United States Navy, the USS Arkansas (BB-33), was a dreadnought battleship and second member of the Wyoming class.  She was the third ship of the US Navy named in honor of the 25th state.  The Arkansas served in both World Wars; during the First World War, she was part of Battleship Division Nine, which was attached to the British Grand Fleet, but saw no action.  Following the outbreak of World War II, Arkansas conducted Neutrality Patrols in the Atlantic prior to America's entry into the war.  Thereafter, she escorted convoys to Europe through 1944; in June, she supported the invasion of Normandy, and in August she provided gunfire support to the invasion of southern France.  In 1945, she transferred to the Pacific, and bombarded Japanese positions during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.  After the end of the war, she ferried troops back to the United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet.  Arkansas was expended as a target in Operation Crossroads, a pair of nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
 
Description Source -  National Archives
 
Year -  ca. 1918