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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.
USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia-class nuclear powered fast-attack submarine of the United States Navy. She is the second U.S. warship named for the 47th state, after the early twentieth century super-dreadnought, USS New Mexico. New Mexico is the sixth vessel of her class, which is intended to replace the older Los Angeles-class. [8]
New Mexico anchored in Tokyo Bay, with Mount Fuji in the background. By January 1945, New Mexico had rejoined the fleet, the next target of which was the invasion of Lingayen Gulf on the island of Luzon; she and Mississippi supported the amphibious assault and during the battle both ships were struck by a kamikaze suicide plane.
New York Naval Shipyard: 16 March 1914 19 June 1915 17 October 1916 29 December 1941 Sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941 New Mexico: New Mexico: BB-40 Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York City: 14 October 1915 13 April 1917 20 May 1918 19 July 1946 Struck 25 February 1947; broken up at Newark, 1947 Mississippi: BB-41
USS Mississippi (BB-41/AG-128), the second of three members of the New Mexico class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. The ship was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia , from her keel laying in April 1915, her launching in January 1917, and her ...
USS Idaho (BB-42), a New Mexico-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 43rd state. She was the third of three ships of her class . Built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey , she was launched in June 1917 and commissioned in March 1919.
Willford Milton Hyman was born on 16 August 1901 in Pueblo, Colorado. he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924. He first served on the battleship USS New Mexico and in the years before World War II, was assigned to many ships and a variety of shore stations, including the Office of Naval Operations.
While at Pensacola, he married Marjorie Drake Kelsey, the widow of Lieutenant (j.g.) James Kelsey, a 1931 graduate of the US Naval Academy. In June 1937, Lieutenant (jg) Massey reported to Observation Squadron 3 aboard the battleship USS New Mexico, whose home port was Long Beach, California. In August 1937, he was promoted to lieutenant.