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• The first Pennsylvania, 136, was one of nine ships of the line authorized by Congress in 1816 and launched in 1837
• A screw steamer, laid down as Keywaden in 1863 but never launched, was renamed Pennsylvania while she lay in the ways before being broken up in 1884.
• The second Pennsylvania (ACR-4), the lead ship of her class of armored cruiser, was renamed Pittsburgh before serving during World War I.
• The third Pennsylvania (BB-38)The second USS Pennsylvania (BB-38 was the lead ship of her class of US Navy "super-dreadnought" battleships. She was laid down October 27 1913, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. She was launched on March 16 19, the lead ship of her class of battleshipThis article is about a battleship as a type of warship. See also Battleship (game). Dreadnought redirects here. See also Workers' Dreadnought. In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. In the mid- 20th century, saw action during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.
• The fourth Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735 an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the second state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Gr is an Ohio-class submarineThe United States has 18 Ohio class submarines: 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident SLBMs; they are also known as "Trident" submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-p.