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USS New Mexico (BB-40) was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946. She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships, and the first ship to be named for the state of New Mexico .
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.
USS New Mexico (BB-40) 12 × 14 in (356 mm) (4x3) 13.5 in Belt / 3.5 in Deck 32,000 4 × steam turbines 4 × screw propellers: 14 October 1915 13 April 1917 20 May 1918 19 July 1946 Struck 25 February 1947; Broken up at Newark, 1947 USS Mississippi (BB-41) 5 April 1915 25 January 1917 18 December 1917 17 September 1956
One ship and one submarine of the United States Navy have been named USS New Mexico in honor of the state of New Mexico. USS New Mexico (BB-40) was the lead ship of her class of battleship, commissioned in 1918 and struck in 1947. USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia-class submarine, commissioned in 2010.
Ship Image Year designated Arizona: USS Arizona (BB-39) [citation needed] Two earlier iterations of USS Arizona [citation needed] California: Californian (state tall ship) 2003 [1] Connecticut: USS Nautilus (SSN-571) 1983 [2] [3] Freedom Schooner Amistad (state flagship and tall ship ambassador) 2003 [3] Delaware: Kalmar Nyckel (state tall ship ...
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Rear Admiral Robert M. Griffin in battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) Old battleship Pennsylvania off Alaska, 1943 Farragut class destroyer off Guadalcanal, 1942 Unit 1 2 old battleships 1 Pennsylvania-class (12 × 14-in. main battery): Pennsylvania 1 New Mexico-class (12 × 14-in. main battery): New Mexico 2 heavy cruisers