#USS CONSTELLATION (CC-2)

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"The battlecruiser CONSTELLATION (CC-2) being broken up on the ways at Newport News Shipbuilding in 1924. CONSTELLATION was 22.7% complete when work was stopped due to the the Washington Naval Treaty. Newport News was awarded contracts for two ships out of the class of six - the other, on the neighboring builder's slip, was RANGER (CC-4) which was cancelled at just 4% complete. Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was awarded CONSTITUTION (CC-5), cancelled at 13.4% completion, and UNITED STATES (CC-6), which reached 12.1%. The other two ships of the class, LEXINGTON (CC-1) and SARATOGA (CC-3), were ordered from Fore River Shipyard and New York Shipbuilding, respectively. Those latter two were chosen for conversion to carriers because of their completion degree, which exceeded 33% in both cases."

Date: 1924

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Aerial view the slipways at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in November 1921. Ships under construction are (from center to top) USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS Constellation (CC-2), and USS lowa (BB-53). Only USS West Virginia will be completed due to the other two being cancelled and scrapped in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty.

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On this day, November 19, 1921, USS West Virginia (BB-48) was launched from a slipway at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.

Note: in the background is USS Constellation (CC-2) under construction. She was cancelled in 1922 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty.

She was christened by Miss Alice Wright-Mann.

Photo on the left was photographed from main deck as she slides into the waters.

She was moved to Hampton Roads to be fitted out.

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