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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
The BB-16 was the USS New Jersey, Virginia class battleship.
Trivia time, what was the last in commission BB sunk for reasons other than training or scuttling?
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USS
Arkansas (BB-33) was sunk with nuclear weapons in Operation Crossroads on July 25th, 1946, four days before she was decommissioned.
EDIT: Oh, wait, only US ships? If not, I do believe the
Novorossiysk (Formerly the
Giulio Cesare) exploded and sank around 1955...