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USS Nevada
At least four ships of the
United States Navy
have borne the name
Nevada
, after the
36th state
.
The first
Nevada
was a screw steamer built in
1863
but never armed and sold in
1872
.
The second
Nevada
(BM-8) was a
monitor
, commissioned in
1902
, renamed to
Tonopah
in
1909
, and sold in
1922
.
The third
Nevada
(BB-36)
was a
battleship
, commissioned in
1916
, damaged in the
attack on Pearl Harbor
(1941), and sunk for practice in
1948
.
The fourth
Nevada
(SSBN-733) is an
Ohio
-class
ballistic missile submarine
commissioned in
1986
.