USS Georgia (BB-15)

The USS Georgia (BB-15) was a Virginia-class battleship of the United States Navy. She was the third ship of her class, following USS Virginia and USS Nebraska, and preceding USS New Jersey and USS Rhode Island. Named for the state of Georgia, she was authorized on March 3, 1899, laid down on August 31, 1901, by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, launched on October 11, 1904, and commissioned on September 24, 1906.

As a Virginia-class battleship, the Georgia featured a main battery of four 12-inch (305 mm) guns in two twin turrets. Her secondary armament consisted of eight 8-inch (203 mm) guns and twelve 6-inch (152 mm) guns. She also carried torpedo tubes.

Throughout her career, the USS Georgia participated in various fleet exercises and training cruises. She took part in the Great White Fleet's circumnavigation of the globe from 1907 to 1909. During World War I, she served as a training ship and escorted convoys in the Atlantic Ocean.

After the war, the Georgia continued to serve in the Navy until she was decommissioned in 1920. She was sold for scrap in 1923 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty.