Talk:USS Michigan (BB-27)

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First?[edit]

Why is it the SD class if the Michigan is the 1st ship to have superfiring turrets and was laid down one day before the SD?.45Colt 03:48, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably you mean SC class, not SD class. USN is somewhat unusual in that ship classes are named for the first ship of the class authorized by Congress (as indicated by the lower hull number assigned), not the first ship of the class actually laid down, launched, and/or commissioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.50.90.64 (talk) 23:32, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Source regarding the 1916 turret explosion[edit]

See this article from a 1916 edition of The Marines Magazine. Aoi (青い) (talk) 09:00, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll work it into the article. Parsecboy (talk) 12:39, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What is meant by "sponsored"?[edit]

What is meant by the phrase "sponsored by Mrs. F. W. Brooks," in this article? Did she contribute financially to the ship's construction? Did she give the ship her approval? Was she or a company she owned advertising via the ship somehow? FlintTD (talk) 10:17, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It just means she was the person who swung the bottle of champagne against the hull at the launching ceremony - but it definitely doesn't need to be in the lead (or in the article at all; she's not a notable person). Parsecboy (talk) 12:01, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]