Jean Bart |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
Richelieu |
Builder: |
Ateliers et Chantiers de La Loire St. Nazaire, France |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
March 6, 1940 |
Keel Laid: |
December 12, 1936 |
Completed: |
May 1, 1955 |
Fate: |
Scrapped in Japan 1969. |
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Notes |
Jean Bart sailed from St. Nazaire while only 77% complete in advance of the German occupation of France, she arrived in Casablanca, Morocco on June 22, 1940 and remained in that port incomplete until after the war. |
Class Overview |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Dec. 12, 2007 |