USS Tennessee (BB-43) was commissioned on 3 June 1920. She was berthed inboard of USS West Virginia (BB-48) on Battleship Row on 7 December 1941. Tennessee was hit by two bombs that failed to explode. One bomb struck the center gun of Turret No. 2 and
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