USS Massachusetts (BB-54)
USS Massachusetts (BB-54) was a
South Dakota-class battleship, the
sixth
United States Navy ship to be named in honor of
the sixth state. Her keel was laid down
on
4 April 1921 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
Her construction was suspended on
8 February 1922
at 11 percent complete, and canceled
17 August 1923
in accordance with the provisions of the
Washington Naval Treaty.
She was struck from the
Naval Vessel Register on
24 August 1923, and
her unfinished hull was sold
to the Steel Scrap Company of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
on
8 November 1923 for scrapping on the slipway.
