USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range, and the "all or nothing" armor principle. These features made Nevada, alongside her sister ship Oklahoma, the first US Navy "standard-type" battleships.
Nevada underway off the Atlantic coast of the United States on September 17, 1944
Division of Naval Intelligence identification sheet depicting Nevada after her 1942 repair and modernization
Nevada during her running trials in early 1916
The stern of Nevada during WWI
The Nevada class comprised two dreadnought battleships—Nevada and Oklahoma—built for the United States Navy in the 1910s. They were significant developments in battleship design, being the first in the world to adopt "all or nothing" armor, a major step forward in armor protection because it emphasized protection optimized for long-range engagements before the Battle of Jutland demonstrated the need for such a layout. They also introduced three-gun turrets and oil-fired water-tube boilers to the US fleet. The two Nevadas were the progenitors of the standard-type battleship, a group that included the next four classes of broadly similar battleships that were intended to be tactically homogeneous.
Nevada (right) and Oklahoma (left) steaming in the Atlantic in the 1920s
USS Texas of the New York class, which formed the basis for the initial Nevada design
Oklahoma in 1917, painted in an experimental dazzle camouflage
Nevada's forward turrets; note the bomb damage from the attack on Pearl Harbor