USS Delaware (BB-28)

USS Delaware (BB-28)

USS Delaware (BB-28) of the United States Navy was a battleship launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1924, the lead ship of the Delaware class. She was part of the U.S. battleship squadron attached to the British Grand Fleet during World War I, United States Battleship Division Nine, and was the sixth ship to carry her name.

Delaware was launched on 6 February 1909 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Anna P. Cahall, the niece of Simeon S. Pennewill, Governor of Delaware and commissioned on 4 April 1910, Captain C. A. Gove in command.