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The First “Dreadnought” in the U.S. Navy

Hull #: 43
Named for: The State of Michigan
Launched: May 26, 1908
Length: 452 feet 9 inches
Speed: 18.5 knots
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1923
Trivia: The USS Michigan (BB-27) was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the State of Michigan.

The Michigan, delivered in August 1909, third of seven pre-World War I battleships, was the first of the “dreadnought” type in the U.S. Navy.

Photograph of the Battleship USS Michigan in 1912. From the National Archives.

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