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USS New Mexico (BB-40), c. 1935, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On 30 June 1914, New Mexico was authorized by the United States Congress. Initially, New Mexico was to have been named California, but she was renamed while under construction. [2] Work on the new ship began on 14 October 1915, with her keel laying at the New York Navy Yard.
New Mexico [31] BB-40 Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City: 14 October 1915 13 April 1917 20 May 1918 19 July 1946 ... Warship Pictorial 18: USS New Mexico BB-40. Tucson ...
English: The U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in about 1935. Depicted place: Pearl Harbor: Collection: Naval History & Heritage ...
USS New Mexico (BB-40) was taking part in the pre-invasion shelling of Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945. During the bombardment, she came under heavy attack by kamikaze aircraft, one of which hit the bridge, killing her captain, twenty-nine others and wounding eighty-seven.
English: The U.S. Navy battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) is hit by a kamikaze off Okinawa, Japan, 12 May 1945. She was set on fire and 54 members of New Mexico's crew were killed, while a further 119 were wounded.
These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). The only two US vessels present at both the Pearl Harbor attack and Tokyo Bay surrender were the USS West Virginia and the USS ...
Public domain photo from history.navy.mil. Photo #: NH 50232 USS ''New Mexico'' (BB-40) Anchored in the Tokyo Bay area, circa late August 1945, at the end of World War II. Mount Fuji is in t File usage
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