US Navy Battleship USS Massachusetts: 44,000 Tons, 130,000 Horsepower, and 9 16-Inch Guns All for a Cheap $80 Million

US Navy Battleship USS Massachusetts: 44,000 Tons, 130,000 Horsepower, and 9 16-Inch Guns All for a Cheap $80 Million

USS Massachusetts cost about $80 million, displaced 44,519 tons at full combat load and carried nine 16-inch guns able to throw a 24,300-pound armor-piercing broadside. The South Dakota-class battleship fought at Casablanca, screened Pacific carriers, bombarded Japan and now rests at Battleship Cove in Fall River.