Jabarkan Bibliografi dari USS Washington (BB-56)

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Blair, Clay. Hitler's U-boat War: The Hunters, 1939–1942. New York: Random House, 1996. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.

Bishop, Chris (2002). The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company Inc. ISBN 1-58663-762-2

Davies, Lawrence E. "35-000-Ton Addition To Navy Launched." The New York Times, 2 June 1940, 1.

Friedman, Norman. U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-715-1. .

Garzke, William H., and Robert O. Dulin. Battleships: United States Battleships in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1976. ISBN 0-87021-099-8. .

Hornfischer, James D. Neptune's Inferno, The US Navy at Guadalcanal. Bantam Books, 2011. ISBN 978-0-553-80670-0.

Jackson, Robert (Editor). 101 Great Warships. Amber Books, London, 2008. ISBN 978-1-905704-72-9.

Muir Jr., Malcolm. "Gun Calibers and Battle Zones: The United States Navy's Foremost Concern During the 1930s." Warship International no. 1 (1980): 24–35.

Whitley, M. J. Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1998. ISBN 1-55750-184-X.