The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) had the nicknames "Lucky Pennsy," "Old Falling Apart," and "the Angry Sister". It was called "Lucky Pennsy" for surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor and earning eight battle stars with no major damage until the end of the war. The nickname "Old Falling Apart" was due to the sheer volume of ammunition it fired during the Guam campaign, which made it appear to be breaking apart. "The Angry Sister" likely came from its relationship with its sister ship, the U

The battleship USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was torpedoed by a Japanese aircraft off Okinawa on August 12, 1945, while anchored in Buckner Bay, marking it the last major U.S. warship hit in WWII; the torpedo caused a massive hole in the stern but expert damage control kept her afloat, though she was later deemed uneconomical to fully repair and ultimately sunk as a target ship in 1948. #reel #reels #reelsinstagram #reelitfeelit #reelkarofeelkaro #reelsvideo #video #trending #trendingreels #trendingv