From: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS, Vol. VII, pp. 421.

Washington (BB-47)

displacement. 32,600

length. 624'0"

beam. 97'6"

draft. 30'6"

speed. 21 k.

complement. 1,354

armament. 8 16", 20 5", 8 3" (AA)

class. Colorado

Washington (Battleship No. 47) was laid down on 30 June 1919 at Camden, N.J., by the New York Shipbuilding Corp.; reclassified BB-47 on 17 July 1920; launched on 1 September 1921; and sponsored by Miss Jean Summers, the daughter of Congressman J. W . Summers of Washington state. However, on 8 February 1922, two days after the signing of the Washington Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armaments on 6 February 1922, all construction work ceased on the 75.9 percent completed dreadnought. Ultimately, h er incomplete hulk was towed out to sea, where she was sunk as a gunnery target on 26 November 1924.