Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
As a result of these limitations, New Mexico and Mississippi received a series of rolling changes over the course of late 1942 and into 1943; while at Pearl Harbor in October 1942, they had four of their 5-inch /51 guns removed, along with their directors, to free up space for a pair of quadruple Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) guns and the shielded tubs ...
New Mexico-class battleship ~ Template:New Mexico class battleship; I. ... USS New Mexico (BB-40) This page was last edited on 5 April 2013, at 18:50 (UTC). Text ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
A sunset ceremony will be held at at 4 :30 p.m. today at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The event will honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War ...
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 Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News: 5 April 1915 25 January 1917 18 December 1917 17 September 1956 Struck 17 September 1956; broken up at Baltimore ...
Battleship Cove has lost one of its ships and its executive director. Here's what happened, and how the museum is still carrying on its mission.
USS New Mexico (BB-40) USS Mississippi (BB-41) USS Idaho (BB-42) USS Colorado (BB-45) USS West Virginia (BB-48) USS Iowa (BB-61) (sister ship of USS Missouri and lead ship of the class) USS Missouri (BB-63) (The ship on which the surrender was signed) USS South Dakota (BB-57) HMS Duke of York (17) HMS King George V (41)