In real life, Maryland was moored inboard of Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack and largely escaped damage while Oklahoma capsized from the bomb and torpedo damage sustained. Several of Oklahoma's sailors assisted Maryland's crew in the attack while Maryland's crew assisted in rescue efforts aboard Oklahoma.
Alongside Pennsylvania, they were the first ones from the attack to reenter active service, sortieing together during the battle of Midway as a standby force.
She participated in shore bombardment duties in the battles of Tarawa and Saipan before seeing action in the battle of Leyte Gulf against Nishimura's fleet. Later on, she sustained kamikaze damage on the same day as Operation Ten-go which put her out of action for the rest of the conflict. She was decommissioned in 1947 and scrapped 12 years later.
