USS Nevada BB-36 Patch — USS Nevada (BB-36) Battleship Embroidered Patch
USS Nevada (BB-36) — the battleship that got underway during Pearl Harbor and fought her way across the Pacific and into the beaches of Normandy.
USS Nevada (BB-36) was the lead ship of the Nevada-class battleships, commissioned in 1916. Nevada introduced revolutionary design features to American battleship construction, including the "all-or-nothing" armor scheme that concentrated heavy armor on vital areas while leaving less critical sections unprotected. Armed with ten 14-inch guns in two twin and two triple turrets, Nevada was a formidable dreadnought that served the U.S. Navy for three decades.
On December 7, 1941, USS Nevada became the only battleship to get underway during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite being hit by a torpedo and multiple bombs, Nevada's crew managed to get the ship moving down the channel — a remarkable feat of courage and seamanship under devastating attack. To prevent her from sinking and blocking the harbor entrance, Nevada was intentionally beached at Hospital Point. She was later refloated, repaired, and extensively modernized.
After her rebuild, USS Nevada returned to action and participated in the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944, providing critical naval gunfire support for the invasion of Utah Beach. She subsequently supported the invasion of Southern France before transferring to the Pacific, where she provided fire support at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Like USS Arkansas, Nevada ended her career as a target vessel in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
Perfect For: USS Nevada (BB-36) historians and descendants, Pearl Harbor history enthusiasts, D-Day collectors, World War II naval history buffs, and U.S. Navy battleship patch collectors.
USS Nevada (BB-36) — the only ship to sortie at Pearl Harbor — she refused to stay down and fought her way across two oceans.